Andy Harris

GOPer Who Whined About Gov't Health Care Denied Committee Assignment

Brian Beutler | December 29, 2010, 9:31AM

Rep.-elect Andy Harris (R-MD)

Karma's something something.

Remember Rep.-elect Andy Harris (R-MD)? The anti-health care reform physician who got a heap of bad publicity when he made a fuss about having to wait a few weeks until his employer- (a.k.a. government-) provided health care kicked in? And who asked whether the government had a... public option, of sorts, from which he could buy insurance in the interim?

Turns out hubris has consequences.

According to The Daily Times, "The Maryland Republican didn't get his top choice for a committee assignment, the Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over public health issues."

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