Getting Rep. Paul Ryan to admit the GOP failed on health care during the twelve years they were in majority seemed like a small victory of sorts. But if you've been following the congressman at all, you'd know that he holds himself harmless for all the consequences of his 90% majority party-line vote during that time.
In the above video, Barney Frank drives it home on Paul Ryan and all he gets back is a squinty-eyed smirk to admit that at least they failed under Bush. Of course, when Ryan says "we" should have fixed health care under our watch, he is not including himself. Ryan pre-empted himself from the failure when he previously said, "First of all, I introduced on this subject about six years ago."
Still, even though Ryan admits his majority failed to fix health care, he is one of the most outspoken Republicans who refuses to help the majority fix it now. He is a partisan obstructionist of the highest degree.
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