Costello Wants To Go Slower

My congressman, Jerry Costello (D-IL), said he wants health care reform to move slower so that people can get a better understanding of what is going on.

"Generally, what I am finding is a lot of fears and a lot of misunderstanding," he said, before noting that most people he's spoken with agree that the current system needs to be changed. "I did meet recently with insurance brokers; they believe the system should remain the same. But I've met with people from both sides of the issue; most everyone sees something needs to happen."

Saying the president wants to form death panels to kill old people is substantially more than fear and misunderstanding. It's an outright lie. If you wanted to clear up such misunderstanding the best thing to do is to call it out, call it what it is and inform people of what's really going on. Slowing things down will do nothing unless you tackle the lies head on.