I know this happened over a week ago, but it was such an absurd statement, I couldn’t let it go. House Minority Leader John Boehner said that the current health care reform proposal is the “greatest threat to freedom I’ve seen in the 19 years since I’ve been in Washington”. Now granted, his audience was the Tea Partiers whose mission is to rail against all things Obama related. So at the time he said it, he may have even known it was empty rhetoric merely giving the crowd what they want. But he still said it with knowledge that cameras were recording him and with reporters other than the Tea Party sponsors Fox News watching. This is exactly the kind of partisan hyperbole that Boehner himself has vehemently opposed. Surely he can think of a few more things that were greater threats to freedom – terrorist attacks come quickly to mind – than providing healthcare to today’s uninsured. So, John Boehner, you need to choose whether you want to be a partisan hack or whether you want to practice what you preach and keep the wild generalizations in check.