Ha ha ha! It's lovely to see someone get hoist by his own petard!
New Republican Representative-elect Andy Harris of Maryland's First Congressional District is worried that his health care coverage won't kick in quickly enough to suit him and his family. Yet he's been a staunch opponent of health care reform from the beginning. As he once bragged:
"As the only physician in the Maryland state Senate, I know how legislatures approach health care issues," Harris wrote in an op-ed article last year for the Daily Times of Salisbury. "Politicians are usually tone-deaf to those who know the most about the issue: patients and their health care providers."
Not only is he out of touch, he's gutless, to boot:
Harris was not available for comment Tuesday. After the story began taking off on the Internet, he canceled a previously scheduled interview with The Baltimore Sun. His spokeswoman explained in an email that "Andy's orientation schedule got changed around today."
Maybe something else needs to get changed around, too -- like his mind.
