Michael Steele on Monday morning at the National Press Club:
You're journalists. You scrutinize this stuff. You mean you're sitting here and telling me that this is not unprecedented? That even you aren't shocked at the degree to which this Administration is bringing the government not just into our lives, but into the very relationship between the doctor and the patient?
Between the patient and his insurance company?
Between the insurance company and the market?
This is unprecedented government intrusion into the private sector. Period.
How in the world does Michael Steele think it is a good idea to defend the sanctity of the relationship "between the patient and his insurance company"?
On what planet does he think it is smart politics to defend the relationship "between the insurance company and the market"?
Anyone with half a brain knows that Americans want to restrain -- not empower -- unscrupulous health insurance companies, yet here is Michael Steele, carrying the health insurance industry's water. The Republican Party should sue him for political malpractice. And we should praise our good fortunes to have him as the head of the opposition.