Grasping Reality on TypePad, by Brad DeLong

Philip Rucker:

Sen. DeMint of S.C. Is Voice of Opposition to Health-Care Reform: At a recent town-hall meeting in suburban Simpsonville, a man stood up and told Rep. Robert Inglis (R-S.C.) to "keep your government hands off my Medicare." "I had to politely explain that, 'Actually, sir, your health care is being provided by the government,' " Inglis recalled. "But he wasn't having any of it."