During MSNBC's 9 a.m. ET hour on Monday, analyst Steven Brill wanted to make sure everybody understood that ObamaCare is a “conservative” policy: "Let me just remind everyone, the reason that they're in so much trouble is that ObamaCare was a more conservative version of the Republicans' health care proposals...it was so conservative." He added: "The only reason they opposed ObamaCare was that it had the president's name on it. It was the proposal that Richard Nixon wanted.”
Brill clearly does not know what conservative means. It is really telling that he considers Richard Nixon, somebody who supported a massive expansion of the federal government, as a conservative. Perhaps he should get out of his MSNBC bubble and talk to one. Maybe have a chat with Senators Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, and Rand Paul who oppose the proposed Senate health bill because it is not a free-market solution.
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See the complete transcript of Brill’s statement below:
9:07 AM ET
STEVEN BRILL: Let me just remind everyone. Let me just remind everyone, the reason that they're in so much trouble is that ObamaCare was a more conservative version of the Republicans' health care proposals. The guy sitting on my left here, Dr. Dean, was heavily critical of Obamacare.
HOWARD DEAN: It's true.
BRILL: Because it was so conservative. So what Obama did was he proposed the Republican plan. So now the Republicans don't have an alternative because their alternative for the last two decades was ObamaCare. So they're stuck. That's why they can't come up with anything. The only reason they opposed ObamaCare was that it had the president's name on it. It was the proposal that Richard Nixon wanted.
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