Killer Kyl is just not sure that having no healthcare is a killer ...

Kyl: 'I'm Not Sure It's A Fact' That Lack Of Health Insurance Causes People To Die

Gregory then asked, "And is it a necessity to tackle the fact that there are more and more Americans who die because they don't have access to health insurance?"

Kyl's response:

I'm not sure that it's a fact that more and more people die because they don't have health insurance. But because they don't have health insurance, the care is not delivered in the best and most efficient way.

I imagine Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) -- of "Republicans want you to die quickly" fame -- might have a field day with this one.

Now Jon Kyl, an embarrassment to Arizona second to John McCain, is not Bush-stupid. So he must be making this up as he goes along. Like McCain does.

There's reality:

• 45,000 deaths are linked to lack of health insurance coverage each year
• uninsured, working-age Americans have a 40 percent higher death risk than their privately-insured counterparts

Then there are the Republicans ...