No One Was Fooled

Former New York Republican Governor George Pataki argues in a USA Today column that Americans were misled about the size, scope, cost, and consequences of ObamaCare. By arguing thus I suppose he thinks he's taking on Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who last week charged the health insurance industry with using "misinformation and scare tactics" in order to blame their 2011 premium increases on the President's health-care plan.

While the arguments against ObamaCare, as well as those for its repeal, need to continue, I'm sorry, Mr. Governor, but no one can justly say they were fooled. This was from the beginning a giant and deliberate step towards socialized medicine, which is itself a giant and deliberate step towards socialism. The only ones fooled were the already foolish.

While the Governor's tactic may do some harm to the Obama Administration, it'll also provide a host of other elected Democrats with a life preserver. I can hear'em now, "We didn't know, we didn't know!"

They knew and they need to pay the political price for it.