Liberal Values Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought

While on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Newt Gingrich defended Sarah Palin’s absurd claim that the  health reform bill will bring about “death panels.” This claim is based upon provisions to have Medicare pay for voluntary counseling regarding end of life options, and has nothing to do with forcing any options on anybody. Matt Taibbi noted that Newt Gingrich supported similar measures in this article from July.