Reading where Sen. McCain says on the passage of the healthcare bill ‘
"One of the biggest weaknesses of the bill, McCain said, is that tax increases and cuts in Medicare and other funding would kick in as soon as the bill is passed but the benefits won’t begin to accrue until four years later".
Via Msnbc
December 22, 2009
Moderate and liberal Democrats unified behind a health care overhaul bill in the Senate today in a process that critic Sen. John McCain assailed as "one of the great Bernie Madoff gimmicks."
Democrats broke a Republican filibuster in the wee hours of the morning and inched their sweeping $871 billion health care package toward passage before Christmas.
All 60 members of the Democratic caucus — liberals who wanted a public option voted for a bill without one, and moderates concerned about the cost — voted to limit debate on compromise language introduced Saturday morning. The 40 Republicans opposed and assailed Democrats for crafting back-room deals that benefit a few senators.
"It’s one of the great Bernie Madoff gimmicks that I’ve ever seen, that anybody’s ever seen," McCain, R-Ariz., charged on "Good Morning America" today, adding that this was an "unsavory practice that the American people will reject resoundingly."
One of the biggest weaknesses of the bill, McCain said, is that tax increases and cuts in Medicare and other funding would kick in as soon as the bill is passed but the benefits won’t begin to accrue until four years later.
"That’s nutty stuff … it’s unacceptable," he said.
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