Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) - who is currently trumping up his experience as a medical doctor and making a rather poor attempt at covering up the fact that his colleagues won't take Medicaid patients because they simply don't pay as well - just used the term "less good" on the floor, and not in the sense of "to do less good" but in the sense of "I don't know the word 'worse'" (I would even have taken "not as good").
You could object that "less good" might be used when you want to acknowledge that, say, the result of patient care through Medicaid is not exactly bad, but rather not as good as that provided by private insurance. I still say it's wrong, except maybe in rhetorical play: "a less powerful tool, and therefore less good", or "Some Good (and Less Good) News". The last time the phrase "less good" was popular on its own was when it appeared in a (much-ridiculed) quote from a Microsoft exec describing Windows Vista. Coincidentally, that's about the quality of oratory coming from Republicans at the moment. Bottom line: go back to grammar school, Dr. Coburn.
And Sen. Hatch (R-UT), learn how to articulate if you want anyone to listen (I really can't say "understand"). Though maybe it would be smart to keep a lid on your "holy war" against health care reform, unless you actually want to attract the attention of Homeland Security.
Meanwhile, Republicans continue to parade their ignorance. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) just compared reading through the 2,074-page HCR bill to reading the New Testament in Greek, saying "it's better to have someone help translate." Seriously? I get that you can't read Greek - I don't actually expect you to know Greek, though it would be nice - but apparently you can't understand English either, even legalese. Oh wait, isn't that your job?
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