"If I wanted to be part of socialized medicine, I would have moved to Europe. I'll be damned if I'm going to let a socialistic Washington shove a new mandate down the (Illinois) taxpayers' throats, especially if it's health care." - Republican Kirk Dillard, the Illinois state senator who famously cut a campaign ad on behalf of Barack Obama during the 2008 primary campaign, at a debate last night among GOP gubernatorial hopefuls.

Ironically enough, one of the issues touted in the spot while Dillard sang Obama's praises is....wait for it....health care. Watch: