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July 20, 2009

RNC Chairman Steele: Obama, Pelosi Want To Build "Colossal, Closed Health Care System"

RNC Chairman Michael Steele said at the National Press Club:

"Obama-Pelosi want to start building a colossal, closed health care system where Washington decides. Republicans want and support an open health care system where patients and doctors make the decisions," .

Video here.

Bill Kristol has a remedy: Kill It, and Start Over:

With Obamacare on the ropes, there will be a temptation for opponents to let up on their criticism, and to try to appear constructive, or at least responsible. There will be a tendency to want to let the Democrats' plans sink of their own weight, to emphasize that the critics have been pushing sound reform ideas all along and suggest it's not too late for a bipartisan compromise over the next couple of weeks or months.

My advice, for what it's worth: Resist the temptation. This is no time to pull punches. Go for the kill.

The Obama White House and the Democratic congressional leadership shouldn't be underestimated. They're tough. They'll cut deals and twist arms to try to keep their priority legislation alive. They'll certainly attack their opponents, whether their opponents' tone is conciliatory or confrontational.

So this is not the time to let them off the ropes. This is the week to highlight every problem, every terrible provision, in the Democratic bills: from taxes and spending to government control and rationing to federal funding for abortion and government-required death-with-dignity counseling sessions for the elderly. Throw the kitchen sink at the legislation now on the table, drive a stake through its heart (I apologize for the mixed metaphors), and kill it.

Seems like sound advice. Better to kill a bad plan and begin anew with a good one, than attempt to repair a terribly bad one that's stuck in neutral and going nowhere.

And by the way, do Americans want their tax dollars to pay for a health care plan that will cover 12 million illegal aliens?

Posted by Richard at July 20, 2009 10:28 AM

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