Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

We are also in a political environment in which something as vile and pernicious as the death panel notion was able to actually get traction and frighten people that there might actually be such a thing.

Context

Discussing the political climate surrounding Medicare and end-of-life discussions.

06/25/2013

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