Speaking on the Boston Herald’s “morning drive” radio show several days ago, MIT economist Jonathan Gruber called the Republicans’ Obamacare “repeal and replace” plan “a scam.” That’s an interesting accusation coming from one of the architects of Obamacare, who helped “sell” the plan to the American people by misleading them.

As British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli is credited with saying: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Gruber seems to have mastered all three, using his knowledge of economics to twist things so the less-well-informed would believe his lies. And he has repeatedly bragged about it.