Se. Grassley Loses Credibility

Dave Winer just Tweeted about a comment Sen. Grassley made about "Death Squads", here . Dave in turn links to MSNBC, which quotes The Huffington Post (neither are exactly unbiased). So I kept following the links to a video on YouTube, here. The video is edited, but I think there's enough there to say that the story sticks.

I've always respected Sen. Grassley. But he is now spewing BS.

The Republicans don't acknowledge there is a problem with having 45 Million (or whatever the exact number is, its large) people uninsured. There is no Republican plan to see that health care is available to all.

I hear them say these people do have health care, at an emergance room. Works for broken arms, not so much for non-emergancies.

I would like to ask the Republicans a few questions.

First, if the British NHS is so bad, why does their Conservative Party not try to convert to an American-style system? The British Conservative Party supports the NHS, except for a few token radicals. They spend less than half of what the US spends per person, and live longer. Is their another country with a single payer system that has citizens wanting to convert to a US-style sytem?

Second, if ObamaCare is so bad, will the Republicans go on record today for eliminating it when they next regain control of the Congress? I doubt it, because no one can vote to take millions of people of the health care rolls. I would think that if its so bad, the Republicans would go to their graves fighting it.

For the Democrats, they should be honest and pony up to their desire for a single payer, rationed system. That will happen, if ObamaCare is enacted, because its the only way to pay for all the uninsured, and keep cost low. I think the argument on a government option is wasted effort, once everyone is covered the writing is on the wall.