Each week that passes, old statements surface or new comments are made proving Democrat Phil Bredesen – no matter what his campaign ads might say – has positions that run in contrast to those of most Tennesseans.
Principally, those positions have shown him to be a staunch opponent of President Donald Trump’s tax cuts that have put more money in the wallets of state residents, a strong supporter of Planned Parenthood and abortion, and in favor of some type of government-supported universal health care system.
Evidently, the Bredesen campaign is so concerned about the health care charge that it sent out a Politifact article Friday that parsed words to state the candidate doesn’t support single-payer health care. Unfortunately for him, the article doesn’t exactly paint him as someone who opposes heavy federal government involvement in health care.
Indeed, it quotes a 2010 CSPAN interview with him in which he says, “Single-payer, the federal government collecting the money and then turning it over, I mean that’s what I think actually we should do.”
It’s hard to be more direct than that.