Via HotAir.com

Now comes Sen. Patrick Leahy-(D), who apparently has never taken the time to read the constitution. When asked by a reporter about the authoritah of the feds to impose the purchase of health insurance, he became an idiot once again showed his ignorance.

Q: I just want to know where, in your opinion, does the Constitution give specific authority for Congress to give an individual mandate for health insurance?

LEAHY: What — we have plenty of authority. Are you saying there is no authority?

Q: I’m asking –

LEAHY: Why would you say there is no authority? I mean, there’s no question there’s authority. Nobody questions that.

Q: But where — I mean, which –

LEAHY: Where do we have authority to set speed limits on an interstate highway?

Q: Well, the states do that.

LEAHY: No, no, the federal government does that.

Well, actually, they don’t set those limits now, although they did in the past. The answer to that question is that the federal government built the interstate highway system, and that Americans have the option to use them or not. The government does not make driving on these highways mandatory, nor does it make the purchase of gasoline (which has a federal tax component) mandatory, either.

Here’s the clip.

Shit, wrong clip.

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