Ed Morrissey takes anchor-emeritus Tom Brokaw to task for offering fatuous advice regarding health-care reform on Meet the Press. Brokaw first conflates Medicare with Medicaid, then he urges the federal government to adopt a model similar to Oregon's public-health program:
I'd humbly suggest that Mr. Brokaw review my December post to discover some of the, um, shortcomings of Oregon's government-centric paradigm. In short: it's unaffordable and it rations care. If a visit to NRO proves a tad distasteful to the patriarch of NBC News, he can simply read the New York Times article that effectively rebuts his argument. Or, as Ed says, he could have a chat with Barbara Wagner:
