Republicans and health care

Republicans and health care

Nevada’s U.S. Sen. Dean Heller got a touch of national attention in an unfamiliar forum on Sept. 20—the Onion, a comic news site. It showed Heller in a photo of prominent Republicans under the headline “GOP Leaders Confident They’ll Have Cruelty Necessary To Pass Healthcare Bill.”

The accompanying text quoted Sen. Lindsey Graham saying enough votes showing “utter contempt for the lives of middle class and poor Americans appeared to be ‘falling into place nicely.’”