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Rob Kailey is a working schmuck with no ties or affiliations to any governmental or political organizations, save those of sympathy.
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Thu May 07, 2009 at 10:02:17 AM MST
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Republicans in the U.S. House invited conservative wordsmith Frank Luntz to a discussion on how to kill health care reform:Republican message guru Frank Luntz is back - this time to help Republicans try to win the war of words as they battle Democrats on overhauling health care.
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Republicans will get little chance to present their own vision, Luntz warned, but they will have plenty of opportunities to stand in opposition to Democrats.
"You're not going to get what you want, but you can kill what they're trying to do," he said. The most interesting element of the article by far is where Luntz says they "should throw private insurance companies under the bus":"For 10 years we were carrying the water of the insurance companies because they were backing us on health care," he said. "Well, they're not anymore. They've sold out, so now you can go right back at them, because the American people blame the insurance companies more than almost anybody else for why health care is such a mess in this country right now. So you don't have to be nice to them at all." Two things:- This makes the politics of a public health insurance option as important as the policy of one. Without it, Republicans will be better positioned to wail on Democrats for forcing Americans into the private insurance market.
- At some point here, some Republicans are going to move to outflank Democrats on insurance reform from the left. It's a gimmick designed to kill reform and stick with the status quo.
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