You have to hand it to U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell — she has apparently kissed the Blarney Stone at some point in her life.

On Tuesday, a ton of freshmen Republican members of the House lined up to make one-minute speeches on the floor of the House about the need to repeal health care reform.

The names of those Republicans sounded more like Santa Claus’ reindeer: Tim Huelskamp of Kansas, James Lankford of Oklahoma, Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina, Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington, Jeff Landry of Louisiana Scott Tipton of Colorado, Nan Hayworth of New York and Renee Ellmers of North Carolina.

Well, it’s almost musical.

Then comes Ms. Sewell.

She was the first of the Democrats to take to the floor. She didn’t talk about costs in partisan terms, although Sewell could have quoted the General Accounting Office’s estimate of a rising federal deficit if the law is repealed.

And, no, that’s not a Democrat’s trick as some Republicans have claimed; the GAO is objective. It has to be.

Sewell could have lashed out at Republicans, telling them that polls show they are voting against their best interests because the numbers, even of centrist Republicans, are moving more toward healthcare.

Nope. Sewell didn’t do that.

Instead, she told a story. Good old Southern style storytelling is what she did. Of a Mr. and Mrs. Cheatem from Greene County and how they are on Medicare and he has heart attacks and she has chronic back pain. Prescriptions help keep him alive and her pain at bay.

Sewell pointed out several provisions in the Affordable Care Act have helped the Cheatems get their prescriptions.

“Now, they don’t have to choose between putting food on the table, gas in their cars and paying for their medication,” she told House members. What a way to get her point across. Put a face on it. Tell a story.

Keep telling those stories from down here in your district. Keep giving your constituents a voice.