Posted on 09/10/2009 1:39:12 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
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SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R), ARIZONA: Well, I thought the president is eloquent. I thought he had a lot of passion.
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MCCAIN: I hope he gets a bill. I hope we can sit down together and do the things that all of us agree on. And there are a number of things that are -- that we can agree on. And I think the American people, obviously, want that.
I don't know what the administration and the Democrats will insist on. Facts are stubborn things. The bills so far have had no bipartisanship associated with it. They were drawn up by Democrats and Republican amendments were rejected. So there's going to have to be an entire change of atmosphere here in order for us to get something done in a bipartisan basis.
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L. KING: But you don't believe there will be a death panel, though, do you?
MCCAIN: No. I do know that portions of the House bill were removed -- or one of the bills that's winding around here, which may have intimated such a thing. But -- and we know there's some questions about some of the manuals in the Veterans Administration.
But, look, instead of doing that, can't we sit down together and work together?
That might be a thought.
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I wish Sarah Palin would throw McCain under the bus. She would cement her place at the head of the Republican party, instantly.
Shut up, Juan you despicable hoarse-whisperer!
The Hoarse-Whisperer looking undecided and confused which is usual for this despicable RINO. Seated next to Juan is his good friend and fellow traitor, Mel.
For the love of god McCain SHUT UP ALREADY!
Your graphic very well shows the truth...elephant going in same direction, just somewhat slower.
Mel? I think that’s the PA RINO, Ridge.
Makes it even more remarkable that he chose Sarah Palin as his running mate. Must have had a brain cramp that day.
Thank God that he did.
No
Naw. That’s Mel.
I keep fighting the idea of a third party, and then Mccain keeps opening up his mouth and gives me a hundred reasons why the GOP is no longer viable :(
Val and McRAT, two of a kind.
God, how I despise this man. It was very painful to pull the arm for him. But I am proud to have voted for Sarah.
That's what I like; clear and concise.
I immediately sent them a message to “unsubscribe” me from any future messages.
He has nothing to say to me that I care to hear.
I voted for this man by default (I really voted for Palin, NOT McCain). He needs to go away and spend time with his ditzy daughter (now we know where she got her ideals from).
Please Good People of AZ stop McCain in the primary. No more McCain Fries!
Agreed. I pretty much voted for Palin and against Obama.
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L. KING: What -- what is wrong -- Senator, what is wrong with, we have the Postal Service and FedEx.
What's wrong with a public option on health?
What's wrong with giving the Americans -- OK, if you can't afford this, we'll give you that?
MCCAIN: Well, the -- the Postal Service is -- is going broke. It has about a $7 billion deficit no matter what FedEx does.
Another point here is, is will the government option have an unfair advantage?
If it doesn't, then it's just one of 1,500 or more health insurance policies available -- health insurance plans available to Americans. If it has an unfair advantage, then, obviously, Americans are going to gravitate in that direction and private health insurance will be more expensive. So there -- there has to be some advantage here for people to leave their health insurance policy and that would be a government health option, in my view. And people would gravitate out of it -- out of public...
L. KING: Is there any...
MCCAIN: ...out of the private health insurance. L. KING: Is there any is there any good reason, Senator, in a government and in a nation this rich, why anyone -- anyone should go without health needs?
MCCAIN: There is no reason why there should not be affordable and available health insurance and health care for all Americans.
The question is, are you going to have the, "public mandate?"
Are you going to have costs which escalate to over $1 trillion and no way to pay for it?
Despite what the president said tonight, there's still no -- in the estimate of the Congressional Budget Office, a way to pay for this $1 trillion added burden onto the already $9 trillion in deficits we're going to have over the next 10 years anyway. It's -- we cannot sustain this kind of deficit. It has to be paid for. The president pledged to. So far, his numbers don't add up.
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McCain is far from on board with Obamacare.
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