Is Moore a Sicko?

Presidential candidate Mike Hukabee – who enacted plenty of intrusive polices as Arkansas Governor – makes a valid point about personal responsibility and the health care. He suggests that “Sicko” director Michael Moore is the one of the reasons we have skyrocketing costs. OK, he calls Moore fat in his own gentle way.

“Frankly, Michael Moore is an example of why the health care system costs so much in this country. He clearly is one of the reasons that we have a very expensive system. I know that from my own personal experience,” said Huckabee, who lost more than 110 pounds and became an avid runner after he was diagnosed with diabetes.

Meghan O’Hara, producer of “Sicko,” retorts with boilerplate progressive rhetoric – Rolodex says … big oil … big pharma … big food … nope, ah .. here we go: “Looks like Mike Huckabee is auditioning for some insurance company dough, since he’s raised just about no money and sparked zero interest since jumping into the race.”

Though, I must admit, O’Hara did make a rather strong point about the French. I wish Hukabee would answer: “I wonder what the good governor would say to the French, who drink more, smoke more, eat more cheese and still live longer than us despite paying less for health care?”

The answer I suspect has nothing to do with good health care.

(h/t David Bernstein at Volokh Conspiracy)