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Date Posted: 18:49:50 08/28/09 Fri
Author: pastor lewis
Subject: McCain: 'Revolution' on health care

McCain: 'Revolution' on health care
By: Andy Barr
August 27, 2009 10:10 AM EST

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Wednesday night that the raucous town hall crowds opposing the Democratic push for a health care overhaul are proof that the beginnings of a �revolution� are bubbling up.

McCain told Fox News�s Sean Hannity during an interview that he has �never� seen anything like the �peaceful revolution taking place� in opposition to President Barack Obama�s push for health care reform.

�There is a grass-roots uprising the likes of which I have never seen,� he said. �There�s anger; there�s concern about the future. There�s concern about the generational theft that we�ve committed by running up unconscionable and unsustainable deficits.�

As an example, McCain pointed to a woman who told him during a recent town hall that the health care debate has left her �worried about my freedom.�

�What she was talking about was her right to choose what kind of health care she wants, what physician she wants to see, when she can see a doctor and when she can�t,� the former GOP presidential nominee said. �She epitomized, in many respects, the deep and abiding concern out here and a revolt against a government-run health system.�

McCain knocked Democrats for being �in denial that Americans are upset and concerned� and for not understanding �the depth of the passion that�s out there.�

�They dismissed the tea parties, they dismissed your freedom rallies, they dismissed the real, vocal opposition to this health care plan,� the Arizona senator said. �But I don�t think they�re going to be able to dismiss it for too much longer.�

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