Half-truths are always fun. I've used them before when defending my own poor decisions: like too much shopping (saying I only bought a couple things when really those couple things were more than I could afford), or speeding (explaining that the speeding tickets I racked up in my teenage years to my father were because the cops were busting everyone that day, while failing to mention I was in fact going 20-plus miles over the speed limit).

It's a great tactic to use to make yourself look or feel better. So it's no wonder everyone on the ObamaCare ship is embracing the half-truth.

Nearly every week it seems I get a new press release from the Health and Human Services Department, where Kathleen Sebelius begins each with "thanks to health care reform…" and then goes into something great the Obama administration has done for health care.

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