Michael Steele, chairman of the RNC, doesn’t seem to know the basic terminology of the health care debate.
In a Q&A at the National Press Club just now, Steele was asked if Republicans support an individual requirement to get health care (also known as an individual mandate).
“What do you mean by an individual requirement?” he asked the moderator. After she explained, he dodged the question.
“Again, that is one of those areas where there is different opinions…I don’t do policy,” he said. “My point in coming here today was to begin to set a tone, and a theme if you will.”
Steele was taking questions after giving a speech on health care reform, in which he characterized President Obama’s plan as a “reckless experiment” that’s “too much, too fast, too soon.”
