Apples and Oranges

The government will spend money to inflict pain on citizens trying to see open air monuments to win a budget dispute with their Congressional opponents.

But don't even think of worrying that the government would inflict pain on citizens trying to use government-run health care to win a budget dispute with their Congressional opponents.

Nope. Politicized government-run health care couldn't happen here. Over there, sure (tip to Instapundit), but not here, right?

As an aside, I'd like to note that I used the excellent title of the first linked post more than two years ago. Sadly, music video embedded is dead.