Orrin Hatch was on on Fox News last week, with this stern and no holds barred take on health insurance reform:
“The individual mandate, in our eyes, is clearly unconstitutional,” explained Hatch to FNC anchor Greta Van Susteren. “If Congress can do that to us, then there’s nothing that the government can’t do to us.”
Its nice that Senator Hatch has our back and only looks out for the best interests of the United States and puts upholding the Constitution as his primary concern. BUT wait, as as NPR points out, and as Alanis Morissette points out – “Isn’y it ironic – Dontcha think?”
When the Clinton administration attempted to achieve health care reform, Hatch co-sponsored legislation that included an individual mandate alongside Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Bob Bennett (R-Utah) and Kit Bond (R-Mo.).
Hatch’s explanation(really):
“In 1993, we were trying to kill HillaryCare and I didn’t pay any attention to that because that was part of a bill that I just hadn’t centered on,” he said. “But, since then, of course, 17 years later, when it comes up and I know it’s possible it’s going to pass, then I looked at it and, constitutionally, I came to the conclusion this would be.”
So Hatch has spent his whole career voting against democratic policies regardless of what was in the bill. i am sure the “tea party” will be upset to know that hatch has not been “reading the bills” for 20 years!
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