Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) went on an anti-health care reform blitz yesterday, both asserting that the bill will be a central issue for Republicans running in 2010 and 2012, and even suggesting that repealing the bill will be a big part of this platform.
Gingrich, appearing on Meet The Press, was quite blunt about the idea:
“I suspect every Republican running in ’10 and again in ’12 will run on an absolute pledge to repeal this bill.”
He also called the health care reform bill “the most corrupt legislation I think I’ve seen in my lifetime.”
McConnell was less straightforward, saying that all the Democrats “kind of joined hands and went off the cliff together.”
He continued:
There’s no question that this bill, if it were to become law, and frankly even if it doesn’t become law, will be a big if not central issue not only in the 2010 election but in the 2012 election.
Here’s the video:
