Last week, Democrats made sure the public and media got a look at video of Sharron Angle speaking to a Tea Party Rally in August 2009, where Angle told Tea Partiers she would oppose mandates for things like, and note the airquote fingers, "Autism" and "Maternity Leave".
"They just passed the latest one. Everything they want to throw at us is covered under ‘autism’ so that's a mandate that you have to pay for," she continued. "How about maternity leave? I'm not going to have any more babies but I sure get to pay for it on my insurance. Those are the kinds of things we want to get rid of."
But, you say, that was 2009. Perhaps, in the intervening year, Sharron Angle has reconsidered her position. Perhaps she now recognizes that ensuring coverage could avert tragedy and a lifetime of financial pain for some families, or that preventative care and effective treatment programs are an investment that pays back the Nevada general public with lower costs and more healthy, productive citizens.
Not a chance.
