Okay, he really didn't. But Ensign did argue that it's not fair to say that the United States ranks 22nd in the world in preventable deaths because we don't rely on public transportation like those (damn socialist) European countries, and:
... are you aware that if you take out gun accidents and auto accidents, that the United States actually is better than those other countries?
Now if all of the victims of those gun and auto accidents would just stop whining for medical care ...