Democrats may tax health benefits

The Boston Globe distorts McCain's plan (since the ending of the employer credit would be balanced off by an individual one), but it is still interesting that they note that the Democrats are discussing changing their position.

WASHINGTON - In the last month of the presidential campaign, it was one of Barack Obama and Joe Biden's strongest attack lines: John McCain, they warned, would "tax your healthcare benefits for the first time ever."

But now, some Congressional Democrats in charge of health reform are talking about doing just that.

They would not go as far as McCain, who wanted to end the tax exclusion entirely for employer-sponsored insurance, which excludes money spent by employees and their employers on health benefits from income and payroll taxes. . . .