"President Obama has settled on one very simple point to promote Obama-care - that health insurance companies are not your friend. There are legitimate beefs against the industry, but the question is whether the feds can run the health care industry better? The truth is that it's impossible to know. The latest Rasmussen poll says 57% of Americans believe Obama-care will hurt the overall economy, and a whopping 81% say it's likely to cost more than the President is telling us. So the only chance Mr. Obama has in the court of public opinion is to demonize the insurance companies, make them even more loathsome than federal intrusion. The whole health care controversy is a no-win situation for we the people - insurance companies aren't going to control prices on their own, but Obama-care could lead to even more chaos and expense. Talking Points believes the best plan is to institute strict government oversight on the health insurance industry, mandate more interstate competition among companies, and print medical price guidelines on the Internet so we know when we're getting fleeced. Those things cost very little, and America should try them before going to a massive Obama-care plan."

Obama-watchers Monica Crowley and Alan Colmes joined The Factor to opine on the administration's demonization strategy. "Nobody actually likes the health insurance companies," Crowley said, "so they make for a very obvious Antichrist for this administration. The problem is that the insurance industry is among the most heavily regulated in the entire country. The bottom line is not about how we should regulate the insurance companies, it's about how we lower cost, and nothing the Obama team has proposed actually lowers costs." Colmes, who favored the discarded "public option," agreed with the President's strategy. "The administration hasn't done a good enough job selling this to the American people. The argument the President is now making about the insurance companies is a good one. Obama should have started saying a year ago that it's all about getting more people insured, that premiums are going up and up."

The New York Times has revealed that some U.S. companies, among them Tyson Foods and ConocoPhillips, are still doing business in Iran. The Factor explored the issue with Fox Business Network correspondent Charles Gasparino. "What's interesting about Tyson Foods," Gasparino reported, "is that it's a long-time Arkansas company that is very close to the Clintons. Tyson is doing this in a sleazy way - they're doing it through shell companies and then say, 'Oh, it's not us.' The American people have to make a choice about whether they want to support companies that support a dictatorship." The Factor blasted firms that profit from their dealings in Iran, vowing that "I won't buy Conoco or Lukoil any more."

The Obama administration and Congressional leaders are considering a bill that would require all workers to have a tamper-proof national ID card, making it more difficult for employers to hire illegal aliens. The Factor welcomed radio talk show host Lou Dobbs, who endorsed the idea. "The reason it's necessary," Dobbs asserted, "is because we failed to secure our borders and we failed to enforce immigration law. So I support this, but people have to understand that this is not a substitute for border or port security. We still have to survey what is happening with cargo being brought into this country, and we still have responsibility for the security of our borders." The Factor predicted that a national ID card would be a boon to the U.S. treasury: "This would save the government so much money because Social Security fraud would disappear right off the bat. And more jobs would be there for the American people and taxes would be collected on those wages."

The Factor began the Stossel Matters segment with this hypothesis: "If you legalize prostitution, neighborhoods get ruined, underage prostitution comes in and violence comes in." But Fox Business Network anchor John Stossel, known for his libertarian philosophy, argued the exact opposite: "Where prostitution is legal," he said, "none of that happens. There will be a lot fewer street hookers and it would be far better if prostitution were out in the open. If a boxer can rent out his body for money, why can't a woman?" Stossel also advocated the legalization of polygamy, saying "those who do want to do it ought to be left alone."

FNC legal analysts Kimberly Guilfoyle and Lis Wiehl began with former CBS producer Robert Halderman, who was sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty to trying to extort money from David Letterman. "It's a lenient sentence," Wiehl said, "for attempted extortion of $2-million. But David Letterman does not want to testify and Halderman is not likely to re-offend." Guilfoyle called the plea bargain too lenient because "it won't discourage other people from committing crimes like this." The legal team turned to Lindsay Lohan, who has sued E*Trade for $100 million, claiming the company's TV ad mocks her by featuring a "milkaholic" baby named Lindsay. "Is she kidding me?" Guilfoyle asked. "Lindsay is a very popular name, and in fact one of the account executives on the team that produced the ad is named Lindsay." The Factor complained that Lohan is abusing the legal system: "This is so stupid it's beyond belief. If I were the judge I would throw out the case and have her pay all court costs and discipline her lawyer. This is a nuisance lawsuit and it's outrageous."

The Factor welcomed FNC political analyst Charles Krauthammer, who outlined a little-known attachment to the proposed health care bill. "Essentially, the government would take over all student loans," Krauthammer said. "President Obama's intention is to create an entitlement so everyone ultimately has a free college education. The model for what he wants is what you have in Western Europe, where countries have extremely high taxation and regulation, but you get goodies, you get entitlements. It's a different way of doing a democracy, but it's not the traditional American way." The Factor pointed out that Americans have proven reluctant to embrace a European-style welfare state. "There's nothing evil about the Western European system, but I think it saps initiative. And the people are saying 'no.'"

Tuesday's Patriots: Those of you who are contributing to the Wounded Warrior Project by bidding on Bold & Fresh posters signed by Bill and Glenn Beck. One new auction will be held every day here on BillOReilly.com. And the Pinhead?: Possibly former CBS News anchor Dan Rather, who quipped that President Obama "couldn't sell watermelons if you gave him the state troopers to flag down traffic."

Al Dilascia, Chicopee, MA: "O'Reilly, you seem to make a distinction between Obama and the far-left. Yet they are one and the same."

Mark Hicks, Huntington, WV: "Mr. O, the far left gets away with their smears because conservatives let them. Just once I would like to see someone give them a taste of their own medicine."

Michael Gagnon, Boston, MA: "O'Reilly, Bill Maher is a comedian and so is Kathy Griffin. I think sharp-over-the-line political comedy has a place."

Vicki Ho, Little Rock, AR: "Shame on Bernie Goldberg for criticizing Sandra Bullock. She did mention the family that helped the young man upon which her movie was based."