From a November 8 Washington Times article:

During the debate, about 1,500 demonstrators gathered outside the Capitol to protest the bill. Some waved American flags, and others displayed golden “Don't tread on me” rattlesnake flags. A copy of the nearly 2,000-page bill taped end to end stretched from the Capitol, down the steps and across the Southeast Lawn.

Richard Baumgartner, 73, who breathed with the aid of a portable oxygen tank and walked with a cane, was among three busloads of people from Western Maryland at the demonstration.

“If Obama-care goes through, I'd be one of them they'd have the death squad for because of my age and my physical condition,” said Mr. Baumgartner, who receives Veterans Affairs health benefits. “This [bill] has something to do with taking away all our freedoms. It's not just health care.”

Mr. Baumgartner's remarks echoed a speech Friday by Sarah Palin, who told a pro-life rally near Milwaukee that the liberal mind-set for abortion rights could lead to euthanasia under a government-run health care system.

“What may they feel about an elderly person who doesn't have a whole lot of productive years left?” said Mrs. Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee. “In order to save government money, government health care has to be rationed. Do you think our elderly will be first in line for limited health care?”