Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Upset over health care, McCain compares Democrats to Bernie Madoff

By Sahil Kapur

http://www.rawstory.com/images/new/mccain20080221.jpgHealth care for everyone is like a giant Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme. At least according to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).

Tempers are flying high over the successful health care cloture motion, and the reputedly hot-headed senator on Monday accused Democrats of engaging in a Madoff-like ploy to rip off the American people.

"It's one of a great Bernie Madoff gimmicks that anybody's ever seen," McCain said on ABC's Good Morning America. "Republicans were never brought in to the negotiations. This is what you get — a split country — when American people are opposed to what we're doing."

"That's nutty stuff," McCain added. "And by the way, it's unacceptable."

McCain, who was visibly angry late Sunday night on the Senate floor, said several times that the negotiations were one-sided. His colleagues agreed, but none of his them appear to have taken the accusation so far as to compare Democrats to the greatest financial swindler of all time.

http://rawstory.com/2009/12/mccain-compares-democrats-bernie-madoff/

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