There used to be an art to the non-answer answer — a sort of headfake where you half-address the question and then pivot to your talking points in a way that manages not to scan in the moment as an obvious dodge. Increasingly it seems media trainers and candidates aren't even bothering with that.
CO-8 Democratic primary candidate State Rep Manny Rutinel said earlier in his campaign that he supports universal single payer health care.
Rutinel repeatedly refused to say whether that is his position today.
I asked three times before moving on with the 9NEWS CO-8 Dem debate.
