[cripplecreek]

"Let's mandate that every insurance policy covers toothpaste. Deodorant. That might be a good idea, right? Have everyone cover deodorant, right? Soap. I mean, where do you stop?"

Anybody who thinks that's over the top is pathetic.

[Joe 6-pack]

All Santorum needs to do on the social issues is what McCain was afraid to do. Produce Obama's testimony opposing Illinois' version of the Infant Born Alive Act. That issue was radioactive to McCain's campaign and they avoided it like the plague.

I hope Obama keeps pushing the social issues, and Rick shoves it right back at him.

[bushinohio]

Santorum’s point is spot on. Why do we make special circumstances for one product? If the government can mandate that employers provide birth control, then they can mandate anything else as well. Should they mandate that your employer provides you lunch? A car? A house? I don't think this is too difficult to grasp or provocative language at all. But you know the Santorum bashers will run with it.

[Truth is a Weapon]

Exactly. Most people have lost the concept of what insurance is. It is meant to cover infrequent, expensives risks like a house fire or major accident. Therefore a large number of policyholders pay a small premium to share the costs of those few policyholders who have a claim incident.

If I pay a premium to cover a cost I know I am going to have like cleaning my teeth then I am paying somebody a fee to pay those costs for me. That is not insurance.

The problem with mandating routine costs like contraception is that you are forcing policyholders who do not need contraception to subsidize those who do via premiums paid. This is economically immoral. And that ignores that some policyholders may object to contraception for religious reasons.

[Apogee]

I’m really concerned about the administration’s ban on hunting rifles, myself.
I have a right to keep and bear arms, the constitution is plain on that, but no one has given me one (in a long time... and that one is long gone in a tragic gun show accident...).
After all, they are not forcing my employer to provide me one, or even making the NRA give me one for free. They seem to insist I buy my own, and jump through lots of hoops just to get one and even more to use it.
Why is there no discussion of this ban in the media?

[WPaCon]

Exactly.

[Theodore R.]

Saint Rick is right, but he will never be able to explain this to the American people, many of whom are barely literate.