Howard Dean: “The American People Aren’t Going to Put Up with a Mandate”
Former Vermont Governor and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean was on MSNBC this morning. Asked about Tuesday’s resounding victory for Missouri’s Proposition C, whereby 71% of voters expressed their opposition to the health care law’s individual mandate, Gov. Dean said that the American people would not stand for such an imposition on their rights – “people don’t like to be told what to do” – that the mandate could well be ruled unconstitutional, and that it would be stripped from the legislation eventually regardless.
Video of the Governor’s comments can be found here (relevant excerpts start at 3:45) – it’s well worth watching.