Republican Rep. Joe Wilson’s shout heard round the world has turned into a political food fight and a minor scandal for the GOP. By blurting “you lie” during the President’s address, Wilson was insinuating–wrongly–that Democratic health care legislation would provide federal subsidies to undocumented immigrants to buy health insurance. But though Wilson’s allegation was false, and the political impact has been largely negative, Democratic leaders on the Senate Finance Committee seem to think it’s worth fixing the non-existent problem Wilson was complaining about.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=138318