Congressman Grayson Has Just Begun to Fight

Submitted by Anna on Sat, 10/03/2009 - 19:42

by John Nichols
The Nation
9-01-2009

Republicans are horrified, horrified, horrified by the bluntness of Florida Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson.

The tough kid from the Bronx (and Harvard Law School) who represents an until recently Republican Orlando-area district pulled no punches Tuesday, when he declared on the House floor:

“The Republican health care plan is this: Don’t get sick, and if you do get sick, die quickly.”

After his GOP colleagues recovered from the shock of a Democrat actually calling them out, they demanded an apology.

Grayson returned to the House floor to announce that:

“I would like to apologize, I apologize to the dead and their families that we haven’t voted sooner to end this holocaust in America.”

Read the rest at the PDA Blog (with video)