(thanks to Raw Story for the pointer)
“Bill Kristol just said … that the government can run a first-class health care system and a government-run health care system is better than the private health care system.”
“You trapped me somehow,” a visibly uncomfortable Kristol responded.
I saw this last night… Stewart once again showing why he’s far more trusted than any other broadcast journalists out there.
I recently saw video of Bernie making much the same point in a committee meeting- saying to John McCain something along the lines of “the VA is socialized health care, it may not be perfect, but no one’s suggesting we get rid of the VA and health benefits for the military because it’s gov’t run, inefficant, etc” (to which McCain replied “that’s not how I’d characterize the VA” proving perhaps that if you don’t call something socialized health care, you can convince people it’s not- since quite plainly the VA is socialized health care).