“Senator Clinton and the Democrats want to raise your taxes, and they want a government mandate system. I’m not going to mandate that every American have health insurance. I’m not going to mandate that every American have a home. I’m not going mandate that every American have a college education. But I’m going to make them all affordable and available.”
McCain, who has proposed a $5,000 per family tax credit to help people purchase health insurance, said costs also would come down if doctors were reimbursed for their time spent treating patients instead of according to how many tests they order.
That’s the kind of straw-man argument that George W. Bush would make — and HAS made.
It’s sad to see the one-time honorable McCain resort to such demagoguery.
Shame on him.