Trent Franks has really outdone himself this time. Not only does he manage to offend both African-Americans and women in one compact soundbite, but he does it by combining two of the right’s most disgusting canards:

As Joe Lieberman, Evan Bayh, Blanche Lincoln, and Ben Nelson have demonstrated over the past few days, the Senate health care reform debate is deep into the preening-and-posturing stage I wrote about here two weeks ago.  All of the faux-centrists are chasing the nearest microphone or camera in hopes of occupying the attention-getting “swing vote” [...]