Health Care

Steve King: Let's Kill The Government If Obama Won't Kill Health Care Reform

Brian Beutler and Evan McMorris-Santoro | February 11, 2011, 8:00AM

Rep. Steve King (R-IA)

Here's how the Republicans' power over the purse could lead to an insoluble fight over spending, and, potentially, a government shutdown.

In a presentation at CPAC on Thursday, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) called on Republicans to hold the government hostage until President Obama abandons his dream of reforming the nation's health care system.

Or to put it in King's words: Republicans should do to "ObamaCare" what Democrats did to the Vietnam War.

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