Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120330:04:27:00
Broccoli argument. that if the government can force you to buy insurance, they can force you to eat broccoli, too, or at least purchase it. this has been a very popular argument on the right. senator tom coburn made essentially the broccoli argument during justice kagan's confirmation hearings. >> if i wanted to sponsor a bill and it said, americans, you have to eat three vegetables and three fruits everyday, and i got it through congress and it's now the law of the land, got to do it, does that violate the commerce clause? >> sounds like a dumb law. >> justice kagan pointing out to senator co...