Man, policy-making is easy if you're a Republican. You just ignore reality.

Appearing on Fox News's "On the Record with Greta Van Sustren" last night, Pawlenty said the federal law that mandates ER treatment should be repealed. "Well, for one thing you could do is change the federal law so that not every ER is required to treat everybody who comes in the door, even if they have a minor condition," Pawlenty said. "They should be -- if you have a minor condition, instead of being at the really expensive ER, you should be at the primary care clinic."

For the record, federal law actually only requires ERs to provide treatment except for in real medical emergencies. They already can turn you away for minor conditions. So not only does Pawlenty not understand the real healthcare system crisis, he doesn't even understand current law.

Yeah, he's pretty much right up there with Sarah Palin as presidential material.