[StBernard] RNC CHAIRMAN STATEMENT ON TONIGHT'S SENATE HEALTH CARE VOTE

[Westley Annis]

RNC CHAIRMAN STATEMENT ON TONIGHT'S SENATE HEALTH CARE VOTE
 
WASHINGTON - Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele
released the following statement today:
 
"Tonight a number of moderate Democrats sacrificed their principles to give
Harry Reid a victory that brings America dangerously closer to having a
government-run health care system.  Make no mistake: this was not a free
vote.  A vote in favor of this procedural motion paves the way for the
bill's final adoption, which would impose a government-run health care
experiment on America that increases premiums, increases taxes, cuts
Medicare and allows for taxpayer-funded abortions.  As the recent elections
in Virginia and New Jersey showed, Harry Reid's health care scheme is
exactly what voters do not want.  President Obama, Harry Reid and their
liberal Senate allies will surely gloat and pat themselves on the back for
winning tonight's vote in the dark of night during a rare Saturday session,
while Americans were home with their families.  But as they do, those
moderate Democrats who voted for Harry Reid's bill will have to answer to
their constituents."
 
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