Comments on: Compassionate Conservatism

By: Political Irony › Can’t Say No to Government Healthcare

Political Irony › Can’t Say No to Government Healthcare — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:51:10 +0000

[...] I reported on the irony of McCain’s former health care advisor, who is losing his health insurance and has a [...]

By: Iron Knee

Iron Knee — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:30:47 +0000

As far as I can tell (since it keeps changing), McCain’s position (and that repeated by Holtz-Eakin) is that we should eliminate the tax exemption for company-paid health insurance, and give tax credits to individuals to buy their own coverage. And McCain voted against allowing debate on the Senate health care reform bill. It is pretty clear he wants to kill any reform, despite what he might say.

By: Trent

Trent — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:07:41 +0000

How is this ironic? John McCain supports reform to policies regarding pre-existing conditions. He just doesn’t support a public option.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:29:02 +0000

Let’s see if he can afford a kidney transplant out of pocket. What a total hypocrite.