Remember how the media flipped out when Rep. Alan Grayson said the GOP's health care plan was: “Don't get sick, and if you do get you do get sick, die quickly”? NBC Nightly News covered it, with anchor Brian Williams calling the comment “incendiary” and noting that Republicans wanted him to apologize. Politico's Roger Simon said Grayson is “like a guy on crack who is always searching for a bigger high.”

CNN's Howard Kurtz claimed Grayson benefitted from a “media double standard” -- that Grayson's comment drew less criticism than GOP Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst during President Obama's address to congress.

Well, if Kurtz is right about media double standards, there should be a huge media firestorm over Republican Sen. Tom Coburn's statement yesterday that under the Democratic health care plan, seniors will “die sooner.” Seems pretty unlikely to me, but we'll see.