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At a town hall meeting, Coburn suggested that a woman who said 'they can put us in prison' for not obtaining health insurance under the health care reform bill is misinformed.
'The intention is not to put anybody in jail,' he said. 'That makes for good TV news on Fox but that isn't the intention.'
He also defended House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the architect of the House version of the health care legislation that he fiercely opposed. 'I'm 180 degrees in opposition to the speaker -- she's a nice lady,' he said.
Well, who cares if she's nice?
Pelosi was asked, "Do you think it's fair to send people to jail for not buying health insurance?"
Her reply?
"Everybody is paying the price for uncompensated care. I don't need to tell you that in a hospital. And so what this is is to say we all have to do our part, and that is the point of the bill."
So somebody tell Tom Coburn she was specifically asked about possible jail time, and she said "the legislation is very fair in this respect", and bill says you can go to jail.
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