Pawlenty: 10th Amendment not "a legal issue" regarding healthcare


	Pawlenty: 10th Amendment not "a legal issue" regarding healthcare

masbury

9-14-2009 7:27 PM

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masbury says:

After fanning the flames of 10th Amendment objections to health care reform, Pawlenty now admits there is no case.

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9-15-2009 12:07 PM

ColoradoRight

remind me - where in the Constitution is the "right" to free health care?

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