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So, let me get this straight...

- a man who, due to personal wealth that he never worked a day to earn, was able to go to the best doctors in the world to treat his terminal cancer, the type of care that would never be covered by a government run health care plan, dies...

- and THAT is the reason to shove through a piece of legislation that wouldn’t provide the same care to people who work for a living, and would probably deny treatment due to the terminal nature of said cancer, under which the very Members of Congress would not apply.

Yup, that makes perfect sense in DC!

(On another note, this is the type of story that begs for the creation of an irony or sarcasm font.)

So, let me get this straight...
- a man who, due to personal wealth that he never worked a day to earn, was able to go to the best doctors in the world to treat his terminal cancer, the type of care that would never be covered by a government run health care plan, dies...
- and THAT is the reason to shove through a piece of legislation that wouldn’t provide the same care to people who work for a living, and would probably deny treatment due to the terminal nature of said cancer, under which the very Members of Congress would not apply.

MARY JO KOPECHNE--VICTIM OF KENNEDY HEALTH CARE