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McCain To Rescue Of ObamaCare?
IBD Editorials ^ | August 25, 2009 | INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY Staff

Posted on 08/25/2009 5:35:32 PM PDT by Kaslin

Health Care: "First, do no harm" is never the maxim of Washington politicians. With a public uprising killing ObamaCare, Sen. John McCain wants "to sit down with the president" and resuscitate it.


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At a town hall in Sun City, Ariz., on Tuesday, the defeated Republican presidential nominee displayed a chart featuring some good health care reform ideas. They included tort reform to reduce the $200 billion a year added to health costs thanks to medical malpractice awards; a sizable tax credit to pay for insurance; and allowing Americans to cross state lines to purchase the health insurance of their choice.

There seems to be a disconnect in McCain's head, however, between getting good reforms and what he knows the Democrats will do as the majority. McCain described himself as "very worried" about and "unalterably opposed" to using budget reconciliation rules to ram through reform. Such a ploy would take away Republican senators' right to filibuster.

McCain said he watched "every single meaningful" Republican amendment turned down by the Democrats in committee mark-up. He recited the Mayo Clinic's remarks opposing ObamaCare, making it obvious that the administration was misleading Americans into thinking that esteemed institution had endorsed liberal Democrats' radical approach.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: 111th; bho2009; bho44; bhohealthcare; healthcare; mccain; mccain4obama; mccaintruthfile; mchussein; mclame; mcqueeg; rinocare; rinos4obama; working4obama
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1 posted on 08/25/2009 5:35:32 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: bareford101; BerniesFriend; blaveda; Bookwoman; Celeste732; dsc; FrdmLvr; FreedomPoster; ...

2 posted on 08/25/2009 5:36:25 PM PDT by Kaslin (Acronym for 0bama: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: Kaslin

Just shoot me!


3 posted on 08/25/2009 5:37:05 PM PDT by Kenny
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To: Kaslin

If this is true, I want Juan McCain to sit down and STFU!!!


4 posted on 08/25/2009 5:38:09 PM PDT by Rapscallion (Obama - The wolf in the suit.)
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To: Kaslin

McCain is a statist; why would this be a surprise to anyone?


5 posted on 08/25/2009 5:40:08 PM PDT by Clarence (back to lurking now...)
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To: Kaslin

Maybe he will suspend his Senate reelection campaign, rush to Washington, negotiate for the bill....and lose the election.

[Here’s hoping. And here’s hoping enough Blue Dogs prefer reelection to voting for this monstrosity bill.]


6 posted on 08/25/2009 5:42:14 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Kaslin
McCain needs to understand that he is gettong in bed with a national socialist.

And it looks like again , he will sell out his countrymen, just like he did on the Bail Out.

Somoeone needs to cage him like the idiot he is.

7 posted on 08/25/2009 5:42:39 PM PDT by Candor7 (The weapons of choice against fascism are ridicule ,derision ,truth. (member NRA)
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To: Kaslin

Hey McPain STFU and sit down !


8 posted on 08/25/2009 5:43:01 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to ... remain silent.)
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To: Clarence

What I don’t understand about a guy like McCain, he risks his life fighting communists, is jailed and tortured by them for years, and now he kowtows to commies and appeases them. What a total buffoon.


9 posted on 08/25/2009 5:43:20 PM PDT by HerrBlucher
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To: Kaslin

I saw his town hall meeting today, if ANYONE has any questions as to why McCain lost the election(Besides the media and economy tanking) watch his town hall meeting. I watched it live on Fox News, and I wanted to jump through the TV, shake him and tell him to wake the hell up. He was kissing Obama’s ass so much I thought I was watching an Arlen Spector town hall meeting. Oh yeah, best part of the town hall was McCain talking about hanging out with Lindsey Graham and Susan Collins, priceless, three RINOS hanging out, how cute!


10 posted on 08/25/2009 5:43:43 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Kaslin

McCain = reform = American people get screwed.

Any time McCain is associated with ‘reform’, watch out and bend over.


11 posted on 08/25/2009 5:43:52 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Kaslin

Would the McIdiots who supported McWho please explain to us why this is A Good Thing and why they as well as he should not be committed to an asylum for the insane and their vote taken away? (Hint: “I was fooled” is a sufficient defense, but you need to explain, and you get to use it only once.)


12 posted on 08/25/2009 5:44:19 PM PDT by Clint Williams (Read Roto-Reuters -- we're the spinmeisters | America -- a great idea, didn't last.)
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To: Kaslin

Someone better whisper in this senile RINO’s ear.


13 posted on 08/25/2009 5:44:28 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: TomGuy

Dear John,

You F****D us over on the TARP, lost the election, became the darling of CNN.....now STFU and sit down.

The ONLY redeaming thing is that you gave us Sarah.


14 posted on 08/25/2009 5:45:16 PM PDT by ak267
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To: Sarah Barracuda

TOWN HALL VIDEO

http://hotairpundit.blogspot.com/2009/08/mccain-gets-booed-at-town-hall-for.html


15 posted on 08/25/2009 5:46:23 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (DON'T LIE TO ME!)
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To: Candor7
They included tort reform to reduce the $200 billion a year added to health costs thanks to medical malpractice awards; a sizable tax credit to pay for insurance; and allowing Americans to cross state lines to purchase the health insurance of their choice.

None of these ideas are bad and in fact we have been suggesting just such things here. However, McCain is painfully naive if he really thinks that Obama and the Dems are going to sit down and talk about these things; they'll take any opening as a sign of weakness and will try to get their monstrosity through.

Wait until next year; if we haven't been completely destroyed by Zero and there actually are elections in 2010, there will be a such a huge change that Obama's Caskets for Clunkers (thanks, Rush!) program won't have a chance.

16 posted on 08/25/2009 5:47:04 PM PDT by livius
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To: Kaslin
Will someone just take John McCain, and carry him as far away as possible from here..say Pluto? and leave him there till we remove 0bama from power in 2012? and even then, when they bring this really destructive moron back to this earth, confine him to the coldest part of Siberia accompanied by his equally abhorrent daughter?
17 posted on 08/25/2009 5:47:08 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Kaslin

He’s the only guy I loathe almost (but not quite) as much as the Kennedyidiot.


18 posted on 08/25/2009 5:47:27 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: HerrBlucher
he risks his life fighting communists, is jailed and tortured by them for years,

It's well known that one's mental capacity CAN be impaired by such treatment. "Brain-washing" is what killed George Romney's candidacy.

Turn him out to pasture, treat him well. He served us well, but is no longer capable. Respect and honor his service, and let that live unclouded.

19 posted on 08/25/2009 5:48:25 PM PDT by Clint Williams (Read Roto-Reuters -- we're the spinmeisters | America -- a great idea, didn't last.)
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To: Kaslin

He’s the only guy I loathe almost (but not quite) as much as the Kennedyidiot.


20 posted on 08/25/2009 5:48:50 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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