“IT WAS REALLY NO DIFFERENT THAN THE CURRENT PROPOSALS OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION – BOTH CASES REALLY JUST INVOLVE THE DECISION TO DISCONTINUE EXTRAORDINARY TREATMENT.”

Crooks & Liars with the latest Cheney B.S. on the CIA probe, and the responses of John McCain and George Will.

BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin: Kennedy Memorial Service Lays out the Contrast Between Dems and GOP: Service to the Nation or Service to the Self.

Dan Kurtzman with Political Cartoons of the Week.

“JUST YOU WAIT AND SEE. ONCE THEY START LETTING THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE ILLEGALS INTO THE RESTAURANTS BEFORE 5 PM, WE’LL BE STANDING OUTSIDE IN LONG LINES, AND PLOTZING IN THE HEAT.”

The saga at Sunrise Lakes, at the NYT.

“WELL, EVEN THOUGH I’VE DECIDED TO PLAY AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR 12 MILLION DOLLARS, I’M STILL NOT SURE IF MY SALARY WILL COVER THE CO-PAYS AND DEDUCTIBLES FOR ANOTHER SHOULDER OPERATION.”

“WE CERTAINLY DO BELIEVE IN GOD, BUT WE DON’T WANT BLUE CROSS OF HEAVEN MESSIN’ WITH OUR CURRENT BENEFITS.”

“IF THE PRIVATE INSURERS DENY COVERAGE, OR KICK YOU OFF FOR ANY REASON, YOU’LL BE ELIGIBLE FOR HEALTH INSURANCE FROM CANADA OR ONE OF THE EUROPEAN NATIONS. AND ACCORDING TO THE DEAL NOW IN THE WORKS WITH THE BLUE DOGS AND REPUBLICANS, THE ONLY ‘CO-PAY’ OR ‘DEDUCTIBLE’ YOU’LL HAVE IS TO GIVE UP YOUR CITIZENSHIP.”

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Meg White at BuzzFlash: Remember Way Back in 2008, When Healthcare Was a Right?

Madkane on Republicans Were For “Death Panels” Before They Were Against Them

“WE WANT OUR COUNTRY, AND OUR CONSTITUTION, BACK THE WAY THE FOUNDING FATHERS INTENDED! … SO GET RID OF ALL THE ANESTHESIA AND MODERN DENTISTRY, AND RETURN TO WOODEN TEETH AND BLOODLETTING.”

“WE OFFERED TO AMEND THE HEALTH BILL TO PROVIDE THEM ADVICE ON ‘EXTRAORDINARY POLITICAL LIFE SUPPORT’ … BUT THE DUMB BASTARDS INSISTED ON ‘DO NOT RESUSCITATE’.”