President gives a wandering 17 minute answer to health care question

As a recent poll indicates, President Obama's sales job isn't working with the American people. Maybe answering questions with wandering long-winded answers is one reason for that, as reported by the Washington Post:

His wandering approach might not matter if Obama weren't being billed as the chief salesman of the health-care overhaul. Public opinion on the bill remains divided, and Democratic officials are planning to send Obama into the country to convince wary citizens that it will work for them in the long run.

It was not evident that he changed any minds at Friday's event. The audience sat politely, but people in the back of the room began to wander off.