Won't Back Down

More on Rep. Alan Grayson's call out of the Republican health care plan: As always, the Republicans expressed their outrage and accused Rep. Grayson of degrading "the integrity and proceedings of the House." In their typical self-serving manner, the Republicans ignored the fact that their own had made numerous false claims on the floor about Democratic plans: 

– “Last week Democrats released a health care bill which essentially said to America’s seniors: Drop dead.” [Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), 7/21/09]
– “They’re going to save money by rationing care, getting you in a long line. Places like Canada, United Kingdom, and Europe. People die when they’re in line.” [Rep. Steve King (R-IA), 7/15/09]
– “The Republican plan will make sure we bring down the cost of health care for all Americans and that ensures affordable access for all Americans and is pro-life because it will not put seniors in a position of being put to death by their government.” [Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), 7/28/09]
– “That’s exactly what’s going on in Canada and Great Britain today…and a lot of people are going to die.” [Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA), 7/10/09]
– “One in five people have to die because they went to socialized medicine! … I would hate to think that among five women, one of ‘em is gonna die because we go to socialized care.” [Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), 7/15/09]

The Republicans nevertheless demanded an that Rep. Grayson apologize for Tuesday's call out.  Nancy Pelosi refused to tell Rep. Grayson to apologize.  In response to the Republican demand, Grayson said that he did not plan to apologize.  "It is just another example of how they are constantly trying to change the subject. Nobody really cares about their feelings," Grayson said.  "We are not sent here to make the other members feel good," he said. "We are sent here to solve America's problems. Only in their own narrow minds would they think what matters here is how they feel."

On Wednesday, Grayson took to the house floor to apologize, but it was not what the Republicans expected.  This video is a must see. 




I guess we can still have heroes.