Crist Backs McCollum's Health Care Challenge

Gov. Charlie Crist is backing Attorney General Bill McCollums plans to challenge the constitutionality of the federal health care legislation that President Barack Obama signed into law today.

Crist said, The Democrats refused to pass meaningful, bipartisan health care legislation with real solutions and instead passed a bill that includes an extensive government overreach and intrusion into our citizens personal freedoms.

Crist noted, Any individual mandate of this kind from the federal government is unconstitutional, a direct attack on our essential personal liberties, and vastly increases the power of Washington bureaucrats that far exceeds the proper role of government."

While some Republicans are hedging their bets about whether they will attempt to repeal the new legislation, Crist has come out in full favor of repealing it. He said, As Ive stated before, once in the U.S. Senate, I will fight to repeal this government takeover of health care.