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Arizona (R) Senator John McCain

John McCain told Fox News during an interview with Sean Hannity last night that he has “never” seen anything like the “peaceful revolution taking place” where American citizens are in opposition to President  Obama’s push for health care reform.

“There is a grass-roots uprising the likes of which I have never seen,” he said. “There’s anger; there’s concern about the future. There’s concern about the generational theft that we’ve committed by running up unconscionable and unsustainable deficits.”

A woman told McCain at a recent town hall regarding the health care debate that she was “worried about my freedom.”

“What she was talking about was her right to choose what kind of health care she wants, what physician she wants to see, when she can see a doctor and when she can’t,” Mccain said. “She epitomized, in many respects, the deep and abiding concern out here and a revolt against a government-run health system.”

McCain accused Democrats of being “in denial that Americans are upset and concerned” and are not recognizing “the depth of the passion that’s out there.”

“They dismissed the tea parties, they dismissed your freedom rallies, they dismissed the real, vocal opposition to this health care plan,” the Arizona senator said. “But I don’t think they’re going to be able to dismiss it for too much longer.”