After touting the beauty of single-payer (read: socialist) health care in Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams has secreted himself off to locations unknown in the United States to undergo a heart procedure, reportedly open-heart surgery.

Some reports claim the procedure was not available in Williams's home province; others aren't sure. However, clearly someone in Canada performs heart procedures for those who can't afford to go south of the border and are stuck with Canada's version of Obamacare. However, quality and waiting time are always huge factors in our northern neighbor's delivery system.

A few things shade this whole episode in gray if not downright darkness. First, Williams tried to hide the fact of his trip south for surgery. Second, it seems blatantly hypocritical for a staunch defender of CanadaCare to secretly opt for the obviously "lesser quality" (according to pro-Canada people like Williams) health care system in America. Third, it's not even clear if Williams is the payer or if the Canadian public is.

Which is why I've said all along, should Obamacare pass, the nation will face a two-tiered medical system: one for the public that's as awful as Canada's, and one for Obama and his cronies that retains all the glory and qualify of the privatized system we all currently enjoy.