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A former Republican senator is backing the Dems' $15 billion-plus health care plan (emphasis added):

Ex-GOP official backs Dems' health plan

Madison - Joe Leean, a former Republican state senator and secretary of the state Department of Health and Family Services, today endorsed the universal health care plan of state Senate Democrats.

Leean called the Democrats' proposal a "great start" on solving the worsening health care crisis.

A great start? The largest tax increase in U.S. history and a complete government takeover of the health care industry is a great start?