The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

    Today's breathtaking, tone-deaf, quote.

    By kgb999 on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 3:10pm |
    I remember back in the 80's when Ronald Regan increased the nutritional value of school lunches by defining ketchup as a vegetable - viola' every hamburger now comes with a serving of vegetables.

    In this great republican tradition of fixing problems by changing the meaning of common words words comes this doozy from John Goodman, who helped McCain craft his health policy:
    "Anyone with access to an emergency room effectively has insurance, albeit the government acts as the payer of last resort..... So I have a solution. And it will cost not one thin dime," Mr. Goodman said. "The next president of the United States should sign an executive order requiring the Census Bureau to cease and desist from describing any American – even illegal aliens – as uninsured. Instead, the bureau should categorize people according to the likely source of payment should they need care."
    So in a nutshell, McCain's plan is: do nothing and let the taxpayers foot 100% of the bill for uninsured Americans.  But it's even worse than that, by proposing that emergency-room care be considered a primary form of "health care" - John McCain ensures that those without insurance will not be able to receive care until it becomes an emergency: THE MOST EXPENSIVE POINT at which to address health issues, and most likely to result in death.

    Anyone who thinks Roe vs. Wade is the biggest issue in this election is CRAZY!   Read the whole article, it's almost heartbreaking to think this guy might be setting policy next year.