Democrats Mock GOP For Protecting Own Health Care In Repeal Vote

This story has a great video that features our own Duncan Hunter, Jr. and other Republicans acting as if they hadn't just voted to give themselves healthcare for life.

Democrats Mock GOP For Protecting Own Health Care In Repeal Vote
HuffPost
07/16/2012

Republicans like Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) are the target of a push by Democrats to show that in voting to repeal the health care law, GOP members also voted to keep their enhanced medical care.

WASHINGTON -- Democrats are mocking Republicans in the House of Representatives for voting to repeal the health care reform law and keep their own enhanced medical care.

When Congress passed the health care law, it required members of Congress to get their insurance on exchanges with the rest of the public. But in voting to repeal that law, Republicans and a handful of Democrats were also voting to go back to the old system where the lawmakers get a sweeter deal than most of the rest of the country.

They also voted against a Democratic motion that said members of Congress who support repealing the health care law must also repeal the good stuff they get, such as lifetime care and insurance regardless of pre-existing conditions...