McCain Calls New Report 'Dagger In The Heart' Of Health Care Reform

I really, really, really hate John McCain. He needs to apologize for Palin. Plain and simple.

Senator McCain: On that new car you ordered? First of all, we're giving every member of your family the same car. Secondly, each one will have better radios, 100,00 mile tires, free servicing for the first 200,000 miles, and stop in for a free wash and vacuum any time you wish. Your total bill will, or course, increase a bit, we think about 0.7 per cent.

What!?! That's a price increase! Do you think I'm stupid or something?

CBO has the final word on anything. CMS said the same thing about the House bill yet they passed it.

Of course, this is all before factoring in whatever God-awful compromise they're coming up with …

john mccain doesn't like daggers to the heart. he prefers to stick them in the back. just ask his first wife.

McCain's take is actually the same way it is being reported in the press, too.

Why is the DNC unable to get their message out instead of always the negative "Party of NO" message ??

So Republicans say it's going to increase costs and cut Medicare at the same time. Democrats must be clever. Or Republicans are irrational.

This is an ideological fight. Cooperative methods of deploying healthcare can not be allowed to succeed no matter what. Billionaires know that they can not allow a cooperative model to be seen as a viable alternative to competition. The problem is that the healthcare debate shines a light on a serious ethical problem. If you want competition then you have to admit that leaving out millions of people is just fine as long as the billionaires continue to obscenely profit. The healthcare debate shines a light on these people and provides an opportunity for all Americans to ask themselves - is this who we are? Is there not a better way?

The stall tactic is more chilling than we think (and a bit ironic): Sen. Robert Byrd is extremely old and in frail health. Does it really behoove the imagination to conclude that the GOP has decided to wait it out till he passes, depriving Democrats of one more precious vote?

The ironic part? Old Man Mac is not exactly is the prime of youth. He's become--dare I say it--more senile and bumbling than just last year. Dementia, at minimum, seems to have set in.

At least McCain and the republicans can sell. Do you here one democrat touting the CBO postitive score of their healthcare plan. Hey Johnny where the fuck is your plan. Thats the real daggar asshole.

This is two straight reports from the guy who runs Medicare indicating explicitly that the proposed Medicare cuts will lead to decreases in service while the overall bill will do nothing to decrease costs, and the Democrats have ignored both. The CMS reports also indicated TWENTY PERCENT of hospitals would be hurt by the Medicare cuts. And tens of millions would still be left uninsured by the bill.

There is no way this report can be spun as good news.

How many nails does this terrible bill need in its coffin?

Multiple equations arise out of McSame and McConell's comments...

GOP=Stupid...GOP=LAME...GOP=CAN'T READ....GOP=TANNING SPRAY CAN... GOP=Limberger ... GOP=sister... GOP = DOA.

"We are continuing to strengthen this bill on the Senate floor, and we're already closer than ever to delivering historic reform to our broken health care system."

Sounds like Senator Reid knows something.

You're done, John. You are Captain Queeg channeling Captain Ahab, and trying to pass yourself off as Captain America.

You allowed W, Rove and Cheney to savage your family in a despicable manner in 2000 in S Carolina. Then you kissed their feet. You were a bad pilot, a pampered party-animal son and grandson of admirals. Yes, you suffered in captivity. But you used a former POW status to lead a corrupt and scandal-ridden public life. Now you are irrelevant, and thrash about. Your choice of Caribou Barbie was cynical, yes, but beyond cynicism, it revealed a stunning lack of judgement. Keep ranting, Senator.