(Apologies if this was pointed out previously.)
In the last debate, Bush first stated a legitimate conservative position (though one I strongly disagree with):
"We have a fundamental difference of opinion. I think government- run health will lead to poor-quality health, will lead to rationing, will lead to less choice.
"Once a health-care program ends up in a line item in the federal government budget, it leads to more controls.
"And just look at other countries that have tried to have federally controlled health care. They have poor-quality health care.
"Our health-care system is the envy of the world because we believe in making sure that the decisions are made by doctors and patients, not by officials in the nation's capital."
Then, later in the very same debate:
"We're expanding veterans' health care throughout the country. We're aligning facilities where the veterans live now. Veterans are getting very good health care under my administration, and they will continue to do so during the next four years."
Ummm...
Isn't VA health care "government-run", "federally controlled", etc.? In fact, isn't it far more of a true government-run health plan than Kerry's proposal? Yet it provides "very good health care". Interesting...