Rand Paul: I Really Meant It When I Said Let's Have A $2,000 Medicare Deductible

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Rand Paul: I Really Meant It When I Said Let's Have A $2,000 Medicare Deductible
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/10/rand-paul-i-really-meant-it-when-i-said-lets-have-a-2000-medicare-deductible-video.php?ref=fpb

For the past few days, the Kentucky Senate race has been about Medicare. More to the point, it's been about a grainy video of Republican nominee Rand Paul taken in June 2009 showing Paul calling for a $2,000 deductible on Medicare payments to save the government-run health care program for the elderly.

Democratic nominee Jack Conway has been having a field day with the video, which he turned into a TV commercial that captures the probable level of popularity the idea has among seniors in Kentucky.

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On Neil Cavuto's Fox News show today, Paul not only stood by the position Conway said he took on a $2,000 deductible for Medicare, he actually threw gasoline on the fire by suggesting that the deductible should apply to all future beneficiaries 55 years old or younger.

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"I'm not talking about changing the deductible for anyone who gets Medicare currently," Paul told Cavuto. "But I am saying younger people -- probably 55 and under."


Watch:http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/10/rand-paul-i-really-meant-it-when-i-said-lets-have-a-2000-medicare-deductible-video.php?ref=fpb

Late Update: Despite his comments on Cavuto today, Paul is apparently up with his own set of ads claiming "he does not support higher deductibles for Medicare and that his Democratic rival, Jack Conway, is 'deliberately distorting' his views on the issue," according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.

http://www.kentucky.com/2010/10/05/v-print/1466161/despite-videos-rand-paul-says.html

[provis99]

1. I have a better idea.

Why don't we make rich sociopathic assholes like Paul pay more taxes?

[Qutzupalotl]

2. Conway's next ads need to say

"Rand Paul SAYS he doesn't support higher deductibles for Medicare...until he DOES."
Show a still from Paul's ad on the left, video of him on Cavuto on the right.

Caught in a lie.

[indepat]

3. As unbelievable as it may seem, don't be surprised if the fine people of KY elect Paul

to stand along beside McConnell. :shrug: