In a speech to the American Conservative Union, Senate Majority
Leader Robert J. Dole (R-Kan.) declared Tuesday he was one of 12
House members who voted against creating Medicare in 1965 "because we
knew it wouldn't work."
"I was there, fighting the fight, voting against Medicare . . .
because we knew it wouldn't work in 1965," said Dole, the front-
runner for the GOP presidential nomination.
Democrats yesterday seized on Dole's statement and on one by House
Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) to support their argument that
Republicans are out to destroy the Medicare program through their
plan to trim projected spending by $270 billion.
"Now, we don't get rid of it in round …
