Murphy "tackled" by Capital security guard

Congressman Scott Murphy from Queensbury is profiled in today’s edition of Politico, offered up as a “newby” face in the Washington scene.

In the on-line Q&A Murphy says his most embarrassing moment was being grabbed by a security officer.

…a security officer tackled me. I thought it was amusing, but the security officer was pretty embarrassed.

Murphy also seems to endorse the go-slow approach on healthcare reform. Here’s his answer to a question about health reform and taxes:

As the health care debate continues, I think there’s a lot more work to be done. There are a number of things in the plan that are going to save money, but we can do a lot more to figure out how to pay for this before we turn to cash-strapped New Yorkers, who are hard hit already, and ask for more of their tax dollars. We need to have real reform before we turn to taxes.