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Earlier I posted my initial take on the Finance Committee’s rejection today of two amendments that would have added a public option plan to their bill. Basically, I said that health care reform is at a critical juncture – either the Finance Commi...
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) angrily shouted “you lie!” in response to President Obama’s statement during his Wednesday address to Congress that claims of illegal immigrants being covered by the proposed health care reforms were “false.”