Betsy McCaughey vs. Jon Stewart - the Dead Parrot Strategy

It was a much anticipated confrontation: the truth seeker against the fantasist and liar. Betsy McCaughey - the patently incompetent once Lieutenant Governor of New York - has proven to be a brilliant fabricator - fabricating the Obama Health Plan Death Panels canard later embossed on Sarah Palin's lips, and Charles Grassley's, too.

McCaughey met Stewart on his Daily Show turf HERE. He read the words of the draft statute: doctors shall discuss with "life sustaining measures" with patients who have living wills. That means euthanasia, says McCaughey with a straight face. But it says life-sustaining says Stewart. No it doesn't says McCaughey. She did OK by following the Dead Parrot strategy demonstrated in thie Monty Python classic.

Thanks to James Fallows at The Atlantic for the lead and the discussion of the debate.