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In other words, if someone were to do away with Bill Adair, and replaced him with a poodle with a name tag that read "Bill Adair", no crime would have taken place?
The real issue here is not whether the claim of dismantling Medicare was "true" or "false". The issue is that there is no conceivable yardstick that places it further from the truth than just about every talking point in current Republican discourse.
"Lie"? Wrong, but I can see the wrong-headed argument that gets you there. "Lie Of The Year"? No, not with a straight face.