Is Ed Morrissey really missing the obvious? UPDATE: Apparently, not!

Ed Morrissey apparently finds it dishonest for Democrats to lambaste Rush Limbaugh over his comment that a health care bill would be named after Ted Kennedy, since they themselves suggested it less than two months ago.   But what did Rush actually say?  Here it is, with my emphasis:

Before it’s all over, it’ll be called the Ted Kennedy Memorial Health Care bill.

Memorial.  As in after one is dead.  Sorry, folks, but it sounds like Rush was poking a little fun at Kennedy’s brain cancer.

Which doesn’t mean all the Democratic carping isn’t bullshit.  I don’t remember them being pissed off when Air America did a “comedy skit” that included the assassination of George Bush, or when Kossacks and DUmmies reveled in the news of Tony Snow’s cancer.  It’s just bullshit for a different reason than Morrissey thinks it is.

UPDATE: Context, context, context.  My apologies to Ed Morrissey. Radio Equalizer has an extended transcript from Rush’s show, and it is fairly plain to me, after reading it, that Rush wasn’t making fun of Kennedy and his ill health at all.  He was ridiculing Democrats for using Kennedy’s health to push nationalized healthcare. Big, big, big difference.