ThinkProgress points out that Palin is right about the beneficial role that unions play in securing health care coverage, highlighting research showing that union workers are 63 percent more likely to have employer-paid health care than their non-union counterparts. While her touting of the union role in ensuring Americans have affordable health care is appreciated, it might have struck some folks as odd, considering that her running mate—Republican presidential nominee John McCain—has a strong anti-union sentiment. Oh, and there's another thing. McCain's health care plan would dump 20 million Americans out of employer-paid coverage, strand 18 million without health care by 2013, and send employee costs up across the board.

We're wondering whether Sarah and Todd Palin would have voted for McCain's plan when they were young and uninsured. 

Learn more about NEA's fight for quality, affordable health care for all as part of the Health Care for America Now coalition.