Alan Grayson drops Holocaust reference: “I’m a Democrat with a spine”

Florida Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson has made a name for himself over the past year — mostly among Netroots Nation Democrats who have been impressed by his fiery partisan language.

But the Orlando freshman has been catapulted into a whole new world of media coverage over the past 48 hours, after this statement: "The Republican health-care plan: Don't get sick….if you're sick, America, the Republican health-care plan is this: Die quickly!"

After being blasted by the GOP for his remarks and called upon to apologize, Grayson did — to the dead.

This article appears in Sep 30 – Oct 7, 2009.