So you can imagine what I think of this:
WORCESTER — U.S. Reps. James P. McGovern and Richard E. Neal were heckled and booed after trying to rally support today for President Barack Obama's plan for a comprehensive national health insurance program.Look, if people want to oppose the bill, go right ahead. Ask tough questions, be skeptical, let people know what you think.
The two Worcester-area Democratic lawmakers were shouted down several times by people attending a packed “town hall” meeting at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
UMass officials threatened several times to end the gathering because of the raucous behavior, which occurred despite a heavy police presence.
At one point, Mr. McGovern was likened by an attendee to Josef Mengele, the Nazi officer who performed experiments on concentration camp survivors.
But why yell? Why attempt to intimidate? Why suggest that our congressmen are no different than Nazi criminals? Because the opponents know they cannot win this fight on the merits.
They know that if the question is whether or not all Americans deserve health care, a universal health care system will win.
They know that if the discussion is about banning insurance companies from discriminating against people with preexisting conditions, the health care reformers will win.
They know that once the American people understand that competition from a public plan will force private companies to cut their costs to compete, a public plan will win.
So instead of arguing otherwise, they attempt to intimidate.
Earlier tonight, Rachel Maddow had a report exposing the medical industry lobbyists behind the "hooliganism."
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