Grassley Reverses Course: No Death Panels In Bill

Huffington Post by Sam Stein | Aug. 23, 2009 (News Report)

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) acknowledged on Sunday that the claims he made two weeks ago -- that Democratic health care legislation would allow the government to "pull the plug on grandma" -- did not reflect the language of the bills. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 23, 2009 - 1:02 PM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 25, 2009

Even Grassley's explanation for the original lie and changing course come across as muzzy and confused. Stein documents the phenomenon.

As a head cheese of "The Family" religious theocracy wing nut group, Grassley is free of any ethical constraints because he is one of the chosen. Perhaps this releases him from logical consistency constraints also.

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