Alan Grayson Gives GOP an Apology, Of Sorts

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So yesterday, as you’ve likely heard, hot-rod Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) says the Republican health care plan is one that encourages people to “die quickly.” The GOP takes offense and demands an apology.

So this afternoon he does, apologize. To the dead.

From Roll Call:

Citing a statistic that 44,789 Americans die each year because they don’t have health insurance, Grayson said, “That is more than ten times the number of Americans who died in the war in Iraq, it’s more than ten times the number of Americans who died on 9/11. …It happens every year.”

Grayson added in another apparent dig at the GOP, “We should care about people even after they are born.”

Of course, Grayson’s real target is the Fed, Bernanke et al. He’s just getting warmed up.

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