Do It Like Medicare

A lot of absurd things have been said during today’s health care debate, but I think obscure Representative Vernon J. Ehlers of Michigan took the cake for sheer nonsense just now. He accused the Democrats “ignoring the Republicans” and said that instead of producing a “Democrat bill” the parties should have worked together “like we did on Medicare.” That’s right, Medicare. As if Ehlers and other Republicans would have voted for the bill if only Nancy Pelosi had moved a single-payer to the floor. Come on.