Mitch McConnell Labeled A Hypocrite By Democrats Over Medicare Charges

Mitch McConnell and the Republicans have mastered the art of changing the subject. They have also mastered the art of staying to their talking points even when it makes no sense. I am glad that the Democrats are finally giving the Republicans a taste of their own medicine. Keep the heat on them so they can be held accountable as well.

Senate Democrats are mocking Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in a new video Monday that contrasts his dire warnings about Democrats' Medicare plans last year to his complaints this year that they are trying to scare seniors.

"Senator McConnell says when Democrats stand up for Medicare, they're playing politics," the spot says, before cutting to a shot of the Kentucky Republican complaining about the tactics of the opposing party.

"My suggestion is Democrats start putting their names on something other than an attack ad," McConnell says in a Senate floor speech.

Then, charging that McConnell and Republicans "wrote the book on scaring seniors," the spot features a half dozen GOP senators taking to the floor to warn that President Barack Obama's health insurance reform law would hurt seniors.

Like nearly every Republican in 2010, the GOP senators were taking advantage of the fact that the Affordable Care Act aims to save $500 billion on Medicare. Under it, seniors' health costs are expected to rise about $6,000 a year by 2021.

The Republican budget plan that Democrats are now attacking -- passed by the House in April -- doubles that cost increase to more than $12,000 a year over the same time period, leaving the GOP open to the hypocrisy charge.

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