Quote of the weekend

MP David Cameron, British Conservative leader, on health care and defending the UK's NHS from attacks by the American right:

In an email to Conservative Party workers, details which were published on his blog, Mr Cameron said millions of people, including his own family, were grateful for care they had received from the NHS.
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"It is a reminder - as if one were needed - of how proud we in Britain are of the NHS.

Mr Cameron's intervention in the ongoing row in the United States, which has partially focused on the British health system, came after Gordon Brown joined a Twitter campaign to defend it.
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Mr Cameron's intervention came after he rebuked Daniel Hannan, the Conservative MEP, for endorsing American criticisms of the NHS.

Mr Cameron said Mr Hannan was wrong in his criticism of the NHS. Andrew Lansley, the Conservative shadow health secretary, accused the MEP of presenting a “negative and partial” view of the NHS in his contribution to the US debate about health care.

A conservative...defending outright socialism? You know, I think I much prefer British conservatives to the US ones. In fact I think I might prefer British Tories to US Democrats. Anyone in the UK up for a trade? David Cameron and a crate of tea for Harry Reid, Max Baucus, a promise to watch the Premier League, and a pie to be named later. We promise not to throw the tea into any harbors, causeways, bays, rivers, lakes, or pools and you have to keep Reid and Baucus subdued and out of North America for a minimum of two years. Deal?