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Ode to the Patient's Bill of Rights
John Edwards claimed to have been one of three authors of the Patient's Bill of Rights. Clinton pointed out that it never became law. Everyone said that Bush killed it.

Edwards: What we did – and I didn't do it alone, don't claim to have done it alone – but I, Senator McCain who was here earlier, Senator Kennedy, the three of us wrote the Patient's Bill of Rights, the three of us took on the powerful insurance industry and their lobby every single day of the fight for the Patient's Bill of Rights and we got that bill through the United States Senate and got it passed.

Clinton: You know, Senator Edwards did work and get the Patient's Bill of Rights through the Senate; it never got through the House. ... We don't have a Patient's Bill of Rights.

Edwards: Because George Bush – George Bush killed it.

Clinton: Well, that's right, he killed it.

Edwards is correct that he was a prime mover behind the bill. And Clinton is right in saying it never became law. But Bush wasn't the only executioner. The Republican majorities in the House and Senate never entered serious negotiations to resolve differences between the Senate's bill and the much weaker version that passed the House.

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  • Posted By: ka78 @ 01/07/2008 4:27:30 PM

    whoops... sorry for the double post. I didn't realize the first post worked since I had to sign up / log in first.

  • Posted By: ka78 @ 01/07/2008 4:23:46 PM

    I'm not a Richardson supporter but I feel the need to fact check the fact checker who was wrong about Richardson's gas comment. He didn't say gas was 3.20, higher than ever. He said heating oil was. Unlike other parts of the country, heating oil is prevalent in NH as opposed to Natural Gas or propane.

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