“With calls for an Ebola czar flying left and right, some attention has been paid in the past couple weeks to the U.S.’s lack of a surgeon general, who has been awaiting confirmation for over a year in large part because Dr. Vivek Murthy earned the wrath of the NRA, which has successfully pressured senators to balk on his confirmation. On Sunday morning, Meet the Press host Chuck Todd challenged Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) to the defend the NRA’s “petty” actions.

“The president really ought to nominate people that can be confirmed to these jobs,” Blunt said. “Then we should confirm them.”

“Should the NRA have that much influence over a surgeon general nominee?” Todd asked. “He’s not going to make gun policy.””* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more here from Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/todd-challenges-gop-senator-should-nra-have-veto-over-surgeon-general-nominee/