Betsy McCaughey

Betsy McCaughey: Health Care Ruling 'Victory For The Cause Of Freedom'

Brian Beutler | October 15, 2010, 11:28AM

Betsy McCaughey on the Daily Show

Everyone's favorite health care scold Betsy MacCaughey is excited about yesterday's ruling on the new health care law.

As a result of the ruling, the Obama administration will have to show why the new law is constitutional in the next stage of the suit.

For McCaughey it's a huge win.

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Betsy McCaughey: 'I Am Definitely Not A Candidate' Against Kirsten Gillibrand

Eric Kleefeld | March 19, 2010, 2:35PM

Betsy McCaughey, Former Lt. Gov. (R-NY)

Could Betsy McCaughey, the former New York lieutenant governor and arch-enemy of liberal health care reformers, be a potential candidate for governor or Senate?

The New York Daily News reports that a reader received polling phone call that tested various candidates in the races against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, as well as for the open gubernatorial race. Among the names was McCaughey, who served one term as a Republican lieutenant governor in 1990s, then switched to the Democrats after she was dropped from the GOP ticket for the 1998 election. (She failed to win the Dem nomination for governor, and then won 1.65% of the vote as the nominee of the Liberal Party.)

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