Despite the vicious insinuations, Obama and his supporters aren’t cruel and thoughtless—they aren’t hiding a “throw Granny under the bus” clause in the health care reform bill. Keeping Granny alive is one of the few things Americans agree on for now. Obama unequivocally refutes the insinuation. At the same time, Obama staunchly defends against a loud challenge to his plan to throw nannies under the bus instead.  Nannies, gardeners, food handlers, farm workers, janitors, if they’re undocumented immigrants, throw them all under the bus. No matter how many millions of them there are, no matter how hard they work for how little pay and benefits they get, no matter that they pay taxes, contribute to the local economy, no matter anything. They aren’t Americans. Throw them all under the bus.

The undocumented of America’s hard-working, poorest laborers, harvesting, packing, preparing, and serving our and our children’s food; caretakers responsible to our children and our homes; gardeners keeping our grounds beautiful. Them. Throw them under the bus. Don’t give them access to affordable health care.

America’s undocumented workers and their families deserve health care just like everyone living in this country. Grievously, no one, no one sees the value or the ethical imperative, or the public health benefits, to treat the undocumented workers fairly.