McCain on health care: I didn't have health care when I was a prisoner in Vietnam!

[JaJae]

Originally Posted by kinggovernor

she is the one that brought it up.

She brought up his healthcare in Vietnam? She brought up the fact that he's always had healthcare by the government, which is true. And I think it's a valid question. I agree with him on healthcare, more than the other candidates. But he's always had healthcare provided by the government, that's a fair question when he is speaking out against universal healthcare.

[JaJae]

Originally Posted by 7960

"There was a period of time when I didn't have govt healthcare, I got it from another govt."

That doesn't rise anywhere near the level of rudy running on his 9/11 platform.

It's all the time though. Rudy only did it for a few months. McCain was doing the same thing the last time he ran. He's tones it down a bit, but it's just as frequent.

[kinggovernor]

Originally Posted by JaJae

She brought up his healthcare in Vietnam? She brought up the fact that he's always had healthcare by the government, which is true. And I think it's a valid question. I agree with him on healthcare, more than the other candidates. But he's always had healthcare provided by the government, that's a fair question when he is speaking out against universal healthcare.

it wasn't provided, you work for it. The better answer would have been to talk about how military pay scales, your paycheck does not include money for rent, food, healthcare etc because you work for all of those.

[JaJae]

Originally Posted by kinggovernor

it wasn't provided, you work for it. The better answer would have been to talk about how military pay scales, your paycheck does not include money for rent, food, healthcare etc because you work for all of those.

My gf is a teacher. She has excellent healthcare provided by her employer. Sure she works for it, but that's just semantics. My employer offers me two health care policies to choose from. They provide me the plan at a rate I couldn't get on my own and pay for half.

[kinggovernor]

Originally Posted by JaJae

My gf is a teacher. She has excellent healthcare provided by her employer. Sure she works for it, but that's just semantics. My employer offers me two health care policies to choose from. They provide me the plan at a rate I couldn't get on my own and pay for half.

I would venture that most people would be happy with a teacher's salary and the type of benefits they get and that most wouldn't be happy with what the military offers.

[7960]

Originally Posted by JaJae

It's all the time though. Rudy only did it for a few months. McCain was doing the same thing the last time he ran. He's tones it down a bit, but it's just as frequent.

he answered the question four times before he finally made that joke