Current Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick is ripping on former Massachusetts governor and political aspirant Mitt Romney over health care. Patrick also pointed out that Romney's "aw, shucks" demeanor doesn't properly advertise the product within the package.
Patrick said of Romney, "He's a nice fellow. But a shameless candidate." That line has echoes of the Southern "bless your heart," in which a person delivers an insult and cushions it with the line "bless your heart."
The comment arose in the context of SCHIP, the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Congress has voted to expand the program to cover even more children of lower-income families and to help out those in states where the cost of living is higher. That sounds like a good thing. But, in an unbelievably grinchy move, Bush has said he will veto it.
Romney is on Bush's side for this one, despite the fact that he was governor during Massachusetts' recent health-care reform and the fact that Massachusetts insures 90,500 children under SCHIP.
Our favorite image of Deval Patrick. Meow!
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