Luetkemeyer Says Health Care Bill Will "Literally" Kill His Father

Best. Congressman. Ever.

Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) warned Saturday that the Democratic health care bill could kill his dad.

“As someone who has a 90-year-old father who has prostate cancer, this bill would put him in the grave – literally!” he said. “Because if you’re going to give somebody a pill because you can’t give them the kind of care they need when they are an elderly person – and you’re going to be rationing care – that’s not right.” [...]

His comment was somewhat reminiscent of the claim made by Sarah Palin last summer that the Democratic proposal would create “death panels” as a result of rationing.

As it happens, Luetkemeyer told his constituents in August that the government could start "encouraging assisted suicide or other forms of euthanasia."

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