The question/suggestion above is, of course, mind-boggling. While I don't have numbers in front of me, I'm going to imagine that the balance of Medicare (which the gummint best keep its hands off of!) by party distribution is slanted toward Republicans. In a country with so many uninsured poor, no matter what party affiliation, the thought of scaring people with insurance with the threat of party-based denial of health care just makes the rage meter go to the top.

Of course, while this question is the real fear-based mover and shaker, the rest of the survey is hardly innocent. It reads like a Fox News broadcast, with sly asides to death panels (using age and life expectancy to allocate health care), to talk of the dangers of trying to "ram health care legislation through Congress".

The word "ram" in any survey just seems out of place.

In any event, please look at the survey - for all it appalls, it provides a clear picture of every talking point the opposition will be using in the next few weeks to fight against the U.S.'s best interest, and everything that Senator Kennedy has fought for.

I wish I could write more, but the work of writing real, scientific and balanced surveys has to fall on someone today, since we know the RNC definition of a poll is just another instrument of propaganda and fear.