Meanwhile, back at the McCain campaign, the jackassery continues

First it was Phil Gramm and his view that any objections we Americans might have to having our home values plummet, our life savings looted, our jobs erased, and our health care eviscerated make us a nation of "whiners." (And keep in mind that much of this calamity is due to Gramm's own legislative maneuvers as well as to the felonious behavior of the festering scum financiers in whose laps he lovingly rests his head....)

Now comes this pinhead:

[John] Goodman, who helped craft Sen. John McCain's health care policy, said anyone with access to an emergency room effectively has insurance, albeit the government acts as the payer of last resort. (Hospital emergency rooms by law cannot turn away a patient in need of immediate care.)
"So I have a solution. And it will cost not one thin dime," Mr. Goodman said. "The next president of the United States should sign an executive order requiring the Census Bureau to cease and desist from describing any American – even illegal aliens – as uninsured. Instead, the bureau should categorize people according to the likely source of payment should they need care.
"So, there you have it. Voila! Problem solved."

Texas Still Leads Nation in Rate of Uninsured Residents - Dallas Morning News

The sneering idiocy and indifference to reality this remark demonstrates is nicely dissected in the comments section. (It's very, very encouraging to think that many of these responses were written by Texans).

LATE ADDITION: Feeling No Pain - The New York Times