Oh, this is great!

If you've been paying attention to the health care debate, you know that the Republicans and right-wingers have been attacking the British National Health Service, causing a backlash from the British, who like their health system, by large. #ILovetheNHS is a topic on Twitter, for example.

But this took the cake, as reported by Joe. My. God.:

Stephen Hawking On Health Care Reform

Seems someone over at Investor's Business Daily wrote that Stephen Hawking wouldn't have a chance in the UK with the National Health System. One problem: Hawking is British and has lived there his entire life.

Says Hawking, as quoted in The Guardian:

I wouldn't be here today if it were not for the NHS. I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived.

Thanks to Occasion2B for sharing the story on Google Reader.

Take that, you wingnuts!