Rush-sub Mark Belling began the show today by stoking fears about group health care plans companies offer their employees, claiming that a new, big price increase was due solely to health care reform. Belling later changed his mind and mentioned that insurance rates go up every year. He said the “good news” about this is that it will hurt Democrats in the upcoming election. Belling then repeated a false claim made early and often by the regular host of the show that there wouldn't be any benefits of health care reform for several more years.

Belling then brought up President Obama's speech on Iraq. He outlined some of what he said Obama should talk about tonight, joining Fox News host Gretchen Carlson in calling for Obama to give Bush credit for the “surge” in Iraq. He then ranted about how Obama wouldn't be able to bring himself to do it.

Belling spent the first portion of the last hour turning The Rush Limbaugh Show into a free campaign ad for Ron Johnson, a Republican running for the Senate in Wisconsin against Sen. Russ Feingold. They explored the reason Johnson chose to run for the Senate and the ridicule he's faced for not being a politician. Belling expressed hope that Johnson wouldn't be corrupted like the Republicans who took Congress in the '90s were. Belling later said that the 2010 midterm elections may be more important than the 2008 presidential election and eventually predicted that Republicans would regain the House.

Here is the highlight from today's show:

Limbaugh sub Mark Belling falsely claims health care reform benefits “don't take effect until 2012 or 2013”