Sen. Tom Coburn Laments Life Before Medicare and How Guns Might Help Congress Work.

One of the many sad things about the greatest health care systems in the world, is that for those who want to access it, they have to rely on their communities to hold car washes, basketball games or raffles. Sen. Tom Coburn, in a town hall a few years ago, suggested to one woman with breast cancer that the a local church or charity might give her some help.

Here's Rachel Maddow with this Tom Coburn update, that tells you all you need to know about the Republican Party's feelings about health care and the value of a human life.