GOP: We hate public insurance, but love Medicare

Here's Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), Chairman of the House Republican Conference, appearing on Andrea Mitchell’s MSNBC show earlier today:

Transcript:

   PENCE: This is not a deal that will go over well with the American people. They understand what a governmentment run insurance plan will mean.

   PENCE: A government run insurance option that the President’s insisted on is going to amount to a government takeover of our health care economy.

   PENCE (challenged by Andrea Mitchell on support for Medicare): Oh, no, I support Medicare, and have supported the program.

Do the Republicans have any idea just how stupid they sound when they simultaneously attack the idea of government health insurance and lavish praise on the largest government health insurance program in the nation? (And do the BaucuCon Dems have any idea how futile it is to try and negotiate with these fools?)