* While Republican leader John Boehner tours Mongolia, China, and Asia, other elected officials are having town halls. If you are interest, Boehner has a twitter account (http://twitter.com/johnboehner) where he quotes right wing, anti-health care reform "research" from right wing think tanks.
* What? GOPers voted for a death panel in 2003?????? OMG! OMG!
Americablog has it:
GOP officials John Boehner, Thaddeus McCotter, Johnny Isakson, and Chuck Grassley all voted in 2003 for a measure very similar to the one in the current House health care bill they now suggest in various ways could lead to government-encouraged euthanasia.
As Time’s Amy Sullivan reported late last night, Grassley voted for the 2003 Medicare prescription drug bill, which — ready? — provided coverage for “counseling the beneficiary with respect to end-of-life issues and care options, and advising the beneficiary regarding advanced care planning.”
The only difference between the 2003 bill and the House Dem one that’s inspired the “euthanasia” talk, Sullivan reports, is that the earlier one “applied only to terminally ill patients.”
The Republicans were for counseling for end of life decisions before they were against it??????
---- Where did all these lies about "death panels" originate? There is nothing in the legislation. The right wing media created the "death panel" idea. The Republicans and their lies about "death panels" are now like a runaway train. Check out the New York Times article, "False 'Death Panel' Rumor Has Some Familiar Roots" .
Americans need to stop believing the Republican lies. The GOP brought you the Iraq invasion, which was built on lies. Now Republican lies are stopping health care reform.