Common Sense of the Day

This takes the cake for its simplicity, brevity, and Kansas common sense.

"I look at this health care plan. I see nothing that is about health or about care. What I see is - What I see is a bureaucratic nightmare, Senator. Medicaid is broke, Medicare is broke, Social Security is broke. And you want us to believe that a government that can't even run a cash for clunkers program is going to run 1/7 of our U.S. economy. No, sir. No."

• Concerned citizen at a town hall with Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA)