Legal Commentary

Dick Armey Favors Public Option

By Big Tent Democrat

Via Steve Benen and Media Matters, The Economist reports Dick Armey favors a public option. Benen writes:

Armey accidentally tell The Economist that the public option may be a good idea.

"If you in fact freely choose to enroll in Medicare that's a wonderful gift, it's a charity, it's something I applaud. But when they force you in, that's tyranny."

The Economist added, "In arguing against the Democrats' plan, he says that Medicare is a form of tyranny, and that citizens should be able to choose to enroll in the program. This choice, between a public plan and private ones, is precisely what the Democrats propose in a public option."

Now Dick Armey is on board. Now to get Max Baucus . . .

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on August 28, 2009 (boomark / email).