“My mission is to frame this health care debate in terms of the fiscal ruin of this country,” said the 61-year-old Mr. Coburn, who recently railed on the Senate floor that the federal debt was “waterboarding” his five grandchildren. “I have instructed my staff to clear my schedule for every minute that bill is on the floor.”

via A Senate Naysayer, Spoiling for Health Care Fight – NYTimes.com.

I find him a hyper-conservative and also a hypocrite. Where was he with his Dr. No antics over the past eight years of the Bush administration? If Bush were to get his way on privatizing Social Security would Mr. Coburn have stepped in and assumed the role of Dr. No to stop the increased deficit in the budget as a result?