Rob SchaafMissouri state Rep. Rob Schaaf is quite the statesman. First, he says paying for health care for poor kids is akin to slavery. Then he doesn't really apologize -- only because he really loves his slavery metaphor. Now, Prime Buzz reports that Schaaf showed up on the House floor in a facemask because, you know, he doesn't want to catch swine flu. Rep. Jason Brown wasn't laughing and chastised Schaaf. Brown is from Platte County, site of the first probable case of swine flu in Missouri.
It's safe to say that one of the top three jaw-dropping moments from the 2009 session of the Missouri General Assembly was when St. Joseph Rep. Rob Schaaf compared health insurance for children to slavery in the 19th Century.
Now, you might think that Schaaf, a Republican, got caught up in the heat of the moment -- the debate about health care expansion certainly got heated. Perhaps, after the outrage from his Democratic colleagues, he felt some twinge of regret about the controversial sta
