Liar, thy name is Orrin Hatch

Note the date of this tweet: I cannot support any bill that would jeopardize health care coverage for Medicare beneficiaries. #tcot #utpol — Orrin Hatch (@OrrinHatch) December 2, 2009 Note that Hatch was one of the 13 white men who drafted the Senate’s version of the health bill, called the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) …

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Shamelessness

In future dictionaries we will see a line drawing of Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell’s face next to that term. He’s always been an obnoxious man, exuding righteous certainty in his positions from every pore, but this January alone has cemented his place in my mind as the worst and most shameless hypocrite the US Senate …

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