Mike Huckabee is really a piece of work:
Former Arkansas GOP Gov. Mike Huckabee on Sunday defended his remark last week suggesting that recently-deceased Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) would have been told to "go home to take pain pills and die" if he had been covered under President Barack Obama’s proposed health care overhaul.
In his weekend Fox News show "Huckabee," the 2008 Republican presidential candidate said his remarks were overblown and taken out of context. [...]
"What did I say that wasn’t true?" he asked. "Listen to what I said. It was actually a tribute to Senator Kennedy and an observation that he did what Americans would want to do, follow the best healthcare they can find."
So, what did Huckabee say that wasn't true? Just the remark that he's now defending:
"[I]t was President Obama himself who suggested that seniors who don't have as long to live might want to consider just taking a pain pill instead of getting an expensive operation to cure them," said Huckabee.
... because that is not what Obama said.
And now, defending his grotesque politicizing of the death of Ted Kennedy with a lie, Huckabee repeated the lie and said:
"The irony is that the final months of Senator Kennedy’s life are the very reason we shouldn’t let government take us to the Pelosi, Frank plan," Huckabee said. "When diagnosed with brain cancer, Senator Kennedy didn’t do as President Obama suggested and take a pain pill and ride it out at home. He went to the best medical facilities in the world, had surgery and sought to live as long and as strong as possible."
No, the irony (or assholery - take your pick) is that Huckabee's own words emphasize exactly why we need health care reform.