Apologize to Joe Wilson

THE PRESIDENT…“There are also those who claim that our reform efforts would insure illegal immigrants. This, too, is false. The reforms -- the reforms I'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: You lie! (Boos.)”
THE PRESIDENT: It's not true.
This interchange ended with the censure of Joe Wilson on the Senate floor, and continual denials that reform would include options for coverage for those here illegally.
It turns out it was a lie. This very coverage has been introduced by a cadre of Democrats no doubt doing the dirty work of the White House, so the President can continue to pretend as though he had no hand in this. Here is the report from the Washington Post this morning: “Fearful that they're losing ground on immigration and health care, a group of House Democrats is pushing back and arguing that any health care bill should extend to all legal immigrants and allow illegal immigrants some access, The Washington Times reported on Monday. The Democrats, trying to stiffen their party's spines on the contentious issue, say it's unfair to bar illegal immigrants from paying their own way in a government-sponsored exchange. Legal immigrants, they say, regardless of how long they've been in the United States, should be able to get government-subsidized health care if they meet the other eligibility requirements.”
The inclusion of legal and illegal immigrants is being proposed by Rep Honda of California, and 20 of his fellow Democrats.
And if this fails - the plan truly is to legitimize their status in this country - even in the face of double digit unemployment for those here legally. Last month in Guadalajara, Mexico, President Obama said that he was "confident" he would get Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform that included a "pathway to citizenship" for illegal aliens."If anything, this debate underscores the necessity of passing comprehensive immigration reform and resolving the issue of 12 million undocumented people living and working in this country once and for all," Obama said. "That's what I've said from the start. That's what I say tonight."

Who is lying? Who deserves censure? Not Joe Wilson - he deserves an apology!