Barbieri: Question Was ‘Rhetorical’

Here’s the audio of state Rep. Vito Barbieri’s tiny-camera-gynecology exam question via YouTube.

From Eye on Boise: Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, whose question to a doctor during a hearing this morning on an anti-abortion bill about whether a woman could swallow a pill containing a tiny camera for a remote gynecological exam  – the answer was no – went viral and drew national attention, says the question was rhetorical and he was trying to make a point. “She was drawing a parallel between a colonoscopy and how much more dangerous it was than a chemical abortion,” Barbieri told Eye on Boise. “So, I was trying to draw out the distinctions.” More here.

Question: Do you think Rep. Barbieri was being rhetorical and trying to make a point — or he simply suffered a brain cramp?