“Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking, would provide more choices of innovative products less burdened by the worst excesses of state-based regulation.”
— “Better Care at Lower Cost for Every American” by John McCain in Contingencies (Magazine of the American Academy of Actuaries (read, insurance geeks)) (emphasis added) September/October 2008
If his choice of running mate wasn’t enough to convince you of John McCain’s poor judgment, how about that? In light of the past week’s financial system implosion, McCain believes we should follow the same strategy with health insurance. See how well that worked out?
“I also know, if I might remind you, that she is commander of the Alaska National Guard. In fact, you may know that on Sept. 11 a large contingent of the Alaska Guard deployed to Iraq and her son happened to be one of them. So I think she understands our national security challenges…”
— John McCain speaking in Grand Rapids, Michigan on September 17, 2008, regarding Sarah Palin’s foreign policy credentials.
On that basis, I could have given him some names of women who have had those particular credentials for a lot longer. That must make them eligible for – oh, I don’t know – at least Secretary of State. Of course, it might have been more effective had McCain recalled that Palin’s son is in the Army – not the Alaska National Guard. Oh, yeah. And she can see Russia from her yard. Clears that nagging little doubt right up.
