Hillary and the language

Note the word, repeated over and over and over again, written on her backdrop as she rolls out her health-care plan. This is an old Clinton abuse-of-language tactic (remember how the Clintons always used to claim that tax cuts had to be "paid for.")

If only repetition made it so.

HillaryCare redux

Senator Clinton as part of her presidential campaign offers a blueprint for universal health-care coverage. "This is not government-run," she says. Really? Quote: "She called for a requirement for businesses to obtain insurance for employees, and said the wealthy should pay higher taxes to help defray the cost for those less able to pay for it. She put the government's cost at $110 billion a year."

No, no, no government involvement here at all. But by the way, there'll be a major new government mandate, and a significant tax increase. Mrs. Clinton and her aides also claim her plan won't mean a major expansion of the federal bureaucracy, despite the fact that those without health insurance would be allowed to get coverage from an insurance plan offered to federal employees. Right, I mean, if a million new people choose that plan, why would anyone ever think that might require more bureaucrats?

Mrs. Clinton sounds more like her husband every day.