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Rachel Maddow: Orrin Hatch Candid On Deficit Spending

Rachel Maddow reminds us of what huge flaming hypocrites make up the GOP. From the AP--GOP lawmakers change tune on costly health plans: Some Repub

Rachel Maddow reminds us of what huge flaming hypocrites make up the GOP. From the AP--GOP lawmakers change tune on costly health plans:

Some Republicans say they don't believe the CBO's projections that the health care overhaul will pay for itself. As for their newfound worries about big government health expansions, they essentially say: That was then, this is now.

Six years ago, "it was standard practice not to pay for things," said Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. "We were concerned about it, because it certainly added to the deficit, no question." His 2003 vote has been vindicated, Hatch said, because the prescription drug benefit "has done a lot of good."

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