Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called the medical device tax provision in the Affordable Care Act "stupid" at a Thursday press briefing.
Reid then apologized for the remark:
REID: Listen, I know you have been listening, but we want a clean CR--that's what we're going to get. If they want to shut down the government, here's how much time they have to figure out it: 4 days, 11 hours, 22 minutes, and 15 seconds. No, they can play around all they want. Some of the biggest supporters for doing away with the stupid tax--I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that--doing away with that tax have told me they won't support that on CR.
The medical device tax has been the subject of bipartisan scorn, with lawmakers as varied as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R., Utah) voting to repeal the tax this year.
Video via the Weekly Standard.
