The death panels comment was NOT about end-of-life counseling.

It was about government decisions about who will get expensive treatments. There is a lot of EVIDENCE (not proof, as the bill is not completed yet) that preference will be given to the young, and ‘more productive’. Sarah Palins comment was about her handicapped child, perhaps being denied expensive treatments due to his disability.

The end-of-life counseling issue is different, and Sarah Palin did comment on that as well. That was to ring a warning bell, to make sure it was known to everyone what MIGHT be in the bill, and how it might be interpreted.