McCain Plays POW Card when asked by DMR about his Healthcare

[ultraist]

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During an interview with the Des Moines Register, John McCain becomes defensive and plays the POW card when asked if he's always had tax payer financed health care coverage.

"There was a time in my life where the healthcare was not so good," McCain states, referring to his time as a POW.

McCain opposes universal health care, taxpayer financed, that would cover all Americans.

[elleng]

1. If he were smart,

he'd take a moment to DESCRIBE how the govt. plan works: employee pays and govt also pays some, like other employer/ee plans. (That's how it works for employees, and prolly for senators and congresspeople.)

[Dollface]

9. If he were smart, he'd shut up

[Quantess]

2. His own fault for giving a lame answer.

It isn't the reporters who are out to get him, he's the one dropping the ball.

[murielm99]

3. He keeps playin' the POW card,

and they accuse us of playing the race card.

[Heather MC]

4. LIES, He has had Gov healthcare his ENTIRE LIFE not just when he was in the military

His father was active duty, In his entire Life he has only had
5.5 years with out direct healthcare. but why should the rest of the country have to live like we are fucking POW's?????

[Tutonic]

5. Is he channeling Nicholson in the "Shining"???

N/T

[ultraist]

8. BWHAHAHA!!!

:rofl:

[beac]

6. He is the embodiment of Sarah Silverman's (and my new favorite) phrase:

"Douche Nozzle"

[Ashy Larry]

7. "the healthcare was not so good."

Yeah but it was free.

[NOW tense]

10. POW POW POW

John McCain's entire life revolves around the worst part of his life. Every decision is based on how he relates to the world and that relation is being a P.O.W. No one should vote for someone who makes decisions based on their worst days of their life.

[NOW tense]

11. Anger

“A man is about as big as the things that make him angry”

Winston Churchill

[keopeli]

12. When was it that his "health care wasn't very good"

McCain has always (as an adult) had government provided health care. He qualifies this to say that, for a period of time, his health care wasn't very good. My question is, when was that? and how and why did it improve?