Friday, June 25, 2004
Another Bush flip-flop
In 1997 then governer Bush allowed to become law, but didn't sign, a bill to let judges and juries, not just internal HMO appeals panels, decide patients' injury claims. Bush praised the law during the 2000 presidential campaign. But, he sent the Justice Dept to argue against that very same law before the Supreme Court. That law was among the 10 state laws struck down by the Supreme Court. Ruling 9-0, the justices said that a 1974 federal law prevents states from legislating on private employers' health-insurance plans.
Speaking to 4,000 Service Employees International Union members yesterday, Kerry said it was "shocking" that "this president sent our Justice Department to attack the same legislation that he used to brag about down in Texas." Bush had "underscored the hypocrisy of this administration and made it clear that's why we need a real patients' bill of rights," Kerry said.
Point to Kerry. For a campaign that likes to paint Kerry as a flip-flopper, the Bush/Cheney campaign reveal themselves to be exactly what Kerry called them - hypocrits.
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Speaking to 4,000 Service Employees International Union members yesterday, Kerry said it was "shocking" that "this president sent our Justice Department to attack the same legislation that he used to brag about down in Texas." Bush had "underscored the hypocrisy of this administration and made it clear that's why we need a real patients' bill of rights," Kerry said.
Point to Kerry. For a campaign that likes to paint Kerry as a flip-flopper, the Bush/Cheney campaign reveal themselves to be exactly what Kerry called them - hypocrits.
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