Former
President Jimmy Carter is not endearing himself to Kennedy-ites these
days. He said that if Senator Edward M. Kennedy hadn't blocked a health
plan that he had proposed decades ago, Americans could have had
comprehensive health care coverage.
In an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes" to be aired Sunday,
Carter said, "The fact is that we
would have had comprehensive health care now, had it not been for Ted
Kennedy's deliberately blocking the legislation that I proposed. It was
his fault. Ted Kennedy killed the bill." He added, "He did not want to
see me have a major success in that realm of life."
Carter cast his Democratic rival as
spiteful.
Ooo. Ouch.
In his latest book, "White House Diary"
Carter says: "Kennedy continuing his irresponsible and abusive attitude,
immediately condemning our health plan. He couldn't get five votes for
his plan."
In his 2009 memoir, "True Compass," Kennedy
blamed Carter for dragging his feet on health care and wrote that Carter
viewed his health care efforts as a platform to challenge his
presidency.
Kennedy and Carter had competing health care
reform plans while Carter was president. Kennedy favored a more
comprehensive approach that would have insured all Americans against
health care costs regardless of age or income. Carter backed a more
moderate proposal that would have been phased in over several years.
Well,
guess what? When two people fight over who's got the biggest dick, they
both end up being dicks.
*That sure looks like a forced handshake.
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