Truth Doesn’t Matter Much to Nihilists

From John McCain:

“I remain committed to opposing any bill that puts your health care decisions in the hands of government bureaucrats while adding more than a trillion dollars to our country’s deficit. Taxpayers simply cannot afford this government takeover of our health care system and this is our opportunity to put an end to it.”

To which Ezra Klein asks the obvious:

“That’s interesting, I guess, but what about the bill being considered by the Senate, which cuts $130 billion from our country’s deficit and leaves health-care decisions exactly where they are now, wherever that might be?”