Consistency???

As I understand the GOP take on the role of Government relative to the private sector, the GOP pretty much consistently favors the private sector based on the supposed inherent efficiency of market-driven private enterprise and the "well-known" inefficiency & waste of Government programs.
At least that was the rationale proposed by W & his enablers to farm out basic military functions to private contractors for the wars in Afghanistan & Iraq. You know, the private sector will just naturally do a better job because private enterprise is inherently efficient.

So, how come one of the GOP's arguments against a "public option" for health insurance is that...- wait for it! - private insurance won't be able to compete with the Government!!!???
You'd think the GOP would be clamoring for the public option, if only to prove, once & for all, how wasteful & inefficient Government programs really are!

... Come to think of it - this seems an EXCELLENT opportunity for ridicule! "Republicans think the private sector is more efficient than the Government... well, except when they don't!"