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RUSH: This is interesting. ‘Tom Coburn, a staunch conservative from Oklahoma\u2019 this is a CBS News story ‘is doing what seems almost unthinkable in this polarized political climate: Defending his Democratic colleagues from critics at Fox News. At a town hall meeting, Coburn suggested that a woman who said ‘they can put us in prison\u2019 for not obtaining health insurance under the health care reform bill is misinformed. ‘The intention is not to put anybody in jail,\u2019 he said. ‘That makes for good TV news on Fox but that isn\u2019t the intention.\u2019 He also defended House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the architect of the House version of the health care legislation that he fiercely opposed. ‘I\u2019m 180 degrees in opposition to the speaker — she\u2019s a nice lady,\u2019 he said. The crowd could be heard responding unfavorably to his characterization.\u2019 <\/p>\n

Well, who cares if she\u2019s nice? <\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure Obama is nice. <\/p>\n

(interruption) I know that Obama called it ‘Cominskey\u2019 Park back in July. It\u2019s like that pitch yesterday, folks. There\u2019s nobody that throws like that. Not even a Special Olympian which Obama once made fun of. Nobody throws that way. Girls don\u2019t. That was a parody of how girls throw. I don\u2019t know what this guy\u2019s game is but he knows it\u2019s not ‘Cominskey\u2019 Park. Al Capone was a nice guy. Hitler had friends, for crying out loud. Does that mean we should discard what Pelosi\u2019s policies are all about? So Coburn says, ‘There\u2019s no intention of putting anybody in jail.\u2019 No, no, no. Well, let\u2019s go back to the sound bite November 9th last year in Seattle, Pelosi was asked, ‘Do you think it\u2019s fair to send people to jail for not buying health insurance?\u2019<\/p>\n

PELOSI: For a long time now people who haven\u2019t had health care or provided it have placed the burden on others. Everybody is paying the price for uncompensated care. I don\u2019t need to tell you that in a hospital. And so what this is is to say we all have to do our part, and that is the point of the bill.<\/p>\n

REPORTER: But Madam Speaker, I\u2019m just trying to understand. If you don\u2019t buy health insurance, you go to jail?<\/p>\n

PELOSI: Well the point —<\/p>\n

REPORTER: You didn\u2019t answer my question.<\/p>\n

PELOSI: There is — there is — uh, uh, I think the legislation is very fair in this respect.<\/p>\n

RUSH: So somebody tell Tom Coburn she was specifically asked about possible jail time, and she said ‘the legislation is very fair in this respect.\u2019 Now, some people might say she dodged the question, but she did answer it ultimately when it was put back to her in a direct fashion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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