The saturation media coverage lionizing Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has left leading conservatives worried that Democrats will use the event to shore up their ranks and push a massive public healthcare package through Congress.
…“Remember Paul Wellstone’s death? You know, ‘Let’s do everything for Paul.’ And we’re now being implored to get behind Obamacare because it’s what Ted Kennedy would have wanted,”
…”Placing [Kennedy’s] name on a health-care bill, in memoriam, or using his name as a sympathy ploy to advance a healthcare bill that would deny Americans the choices Sen. Kennedy had is an insult and is supreme hypocrisy,”
…Kennedy’s allies have made no secret, Politico reports, of their hopes that his legacy will serve to bolster the uncertain health reform plan, with Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., even suggesting naming the bill for Kennedy.
Conservatives Fear Democrat-Hyped ‘Kennedy Effect’ to Push Obamacare Into Law
