July 19, 2012 02:25 AM UTC

Sen. Bennet rips on the false debate in Washington DC

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• by: catpuzzle

( – promoted by Colorado Pols)

I missed this last week, but I’m glad it showed up on facebook, because it’s definitely worth a watch, if people haven’t seen it already.

While the House of Representatives was busy voting to repeal the health care law for the 32nd time, Senator Bennet was bringing some Colorado commonsense to the Senate floor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…

Bennet read a moving Facebook post from Denver school board member Mary Sewell’s that described where she learned of the Supreme Court’s heath care decision – in the doctor’s office with her daughter who was being diagnosed with diabetes.

It’s a really powerful example, and showed how the debate about repeal and the mandate is missing the point. Washington is debating whether to call the mandate a tax or a penalty.  But either way, it will only impact a really small portion of the country.  Instead, the debate should be about the majority of Americans throughout the country who are paying higher premiums to cover the cost of the uninsured and people like Mary Sewell and her daughter here in Colorado who won’t have to worry about preexisting conditions for her daughter thanks to the health care law.