Over at Managed Care Matters Joe Paduda makes the outrageous allegation that because the current Republican leadership all voted for the Medicare Modernization Act, (not to mention our adventure in the desert and the tax cuts last decade) they bear some responsibility for the current deficit. One wonders why the Democrats aren’t using this information and explaining it to the public instead of bending over and grabbing both ankles/adopting a position to the right of average Republicans! I’ve now figured it out. Joe must have obtained this information by phone hacking and because it was obtained illegally, Obama and co are honor bound not to use it!