"It has become a regular feature of the U.S. political system that the politicians in the minority accuse the politicians in power of cutting deals behind closed doors to advance controversial legislation — only to engage in similar tactics once they regain power," writes Glenn Kessler, who runs The Fact Checker column for The Washington Post.
And so it goes with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans' health bill, says Kessler as he compares McConnell's recent remarks with those he made in 2009 and 2010 as Democrats were passing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. Kessler, a Cincinnati native, normally gives politicians one to four Pinocchios, depending on how far they stray from the truth; in this case, he gives the Kentuckian one upside-down Pinocchio "for statements that represent a clear but unacknowledged 'flip-flop' from a previously-held position." Here's a video version:
And so it goes with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans' health bill, says Kessler as he compares McConnell's recent remarks with those he made in 2009 and 2010 as Democrats were passing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. Kessler, a Cincinnati native, normally gives politicians one to four Pinocchios, depending on how far they stray from the truth; in this case, he gives the Kentuckian one upside-down Pinocchio "for statements that represent a clear but unacknowledged 'flip-flop' from a previously-held position." Here's a video version:
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