S.C. GOP Candidate Tim Scott Focuses on Obamacare

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South Carolina Republican candidate Tim Scott sat down with "Washington Unplugged" on Monday, and moderator John Dickerson asked him why he would be different from other candidates. Scott replied with a verbal offensive on Obamacare.

"The way you stop the madness is you have a record, a consistent record of fighting for the issues that will salvage America's future," Scott said. "I have a voting record in the state House of Representatives in South Carolina where I am the lead sponsor of a bill that nullifies Obamacare."

"My bill...is the first bill in South Carolina written to nullify Obamacare," Scott said. "This is a great example of limiting the size of government. If we are going to win our country back, if we are going to make sure that we don't look like Greece on a financial crisis standpoint, we have to stop spending money. We cannot ascribe to ourselves new entitlements that some unborn Americans will have to pay for."

Scott faces off against Paul Thurmond (the late Strom Thurmond's son) in a runoff on June 22nd to be the Republican candidate in the state's first congressional district. The seat is current held by Republican Henry Brown, who is not running for reelection.

Watch Monday's Washington Unplugged with the full interview above. The show also features CBS News Chief Political Consultant Marc Ambinder with a preview of the president's address Tuesday and Alvin Greene's surprising victory in South Carolina's Democratic Senate primary last week.

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[tsigili]

Considering the first annual increases in health care costs to employers and employees alike, is 9%, under ObamaCare, it should be obvious that this plan is not going to control costs, at all, on the contrary, it is going to allow for outrageous increases in heath care costs, and it also is not going to make health care available for low income families, because the cost to them of purchasing health care, is going to rise so high they couldn't possibly pay for it.

[realist51]

9% not to bad considering the annual costs in 1980 were $1000 per capita and are now $5000 per capita a 500% increase in 30 years.

[euge005]

I wonder if it is a row of dunce caps he has in the closet or sheets on hangers? It would be interesting to see what he may be bringing in from the insurance companies to find out what his price was. How you can think it is the death of this nation to allow everyone access to medical care at a reasonable price and to provide preemtive care rather than mofre expensive ER care for the indigent? The operative word is think and I doubt he has done much of that.

[Mortarman__29]

Who pays? What right do you have to force someone else pay for your healthcare?

[realist51]

good question mortarman. lets take it a step farther. what right does a hospital doctor or healthcare provider of any kind to over charge me for somebody who dosen't have ins. if it costs a thousand dollars for a procedure what right do they have to charge me or my ins company 1250.00 to cover sombody without any ins. now if there had been a public option were everybody had a ins policy everybody would be paying for there own ins. however the republican's said no to this along with everything else that was brought to the table. if everybody has to be insured which is part of the health care reform bill then evrybody pays.

[PalmettoWatchDog]

Tim Scott is a phoney and just fooled CBS into the canned answers and CBS failed to check Scott's comments for accuracy. Here are the facts:
Tim Scott sponsored a 'resolution' not a 'bill' and it failed with a republican controlled House of Representatives. Either he was just grabbing headlines from media or he could not gather enough support from fellow republicans and his resolution FAILED!
CBS you should check your facts... I know you have access to the internet... it usually comes with your computer. Shameful!

[pasmalltown]

by PalmettoWatchDog June 14, 2010 9:45 PM EDT -
"My bill...is the first bill in South Carolina written to nullify Obamacare," Scott said..."
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CBS was merely repeating what Scott said. To suggest that they "factcheck" every quote they publish and call it "shameful" that they don't is your misdirected anger with Scott getting the better of you. It's rather obivous from the rest of his quote that Scott is desperate for attention and isn't thinking too clearly - he's the fool, not CBS and given all the crazy political stories coming out of SC lately it's no wonder CBS wanted some more comments from yet another wacky SC politico trying to be the "new and improved conservative rock star"..........

[Chris_VA]

How can you nullify a federal law in a state house?

While I would never vote for him, nor do I think he's that bright, he probably accurately represents his constituency, kind of like Marion Barry does in D.C. It takes all kinds... Democracy doesn't guarantee good government.

[Mortarman__29]

A statehouse can nullify a Federal law that is not Constitutional.