“I would call (them) regressive as opposed to Neanderthal,” Carville said.

Grayson also rejected comparisons between his comments and those of some Republicans, including former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, that the Democratic reform plan called for “death panels” to decide who would get life-saving treatments.

“I said to myself, ‘I wish Sarah Palin read the bill.’ That’s not what this bill says. That’s a scare tactic,” he said. “What I said is the god’s honest truth.”