First, Democrat John Edwards proposed mandatory health monitoring as part of a government-run healthcare plan he’d advocate for as President.

And that’s why it’s so important … that what we do instead is, as part of the universal healthcare system, we don’t just cover preventative care, we mandate preventative care. In other words, if you’re in this universal healthcare system, you have to go for regular, periodic checkups, you have to be monitored…”

Now, Democrat Jan Perry, on the city council in Los Angeles, is proposing new “health zoning laws” directed at restaurants.

Amid worries of an obesity epidemic and its related illnesses, including high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease, Los Angeles officials, among others around the country, are proposing to limit new fast-food restaurants — a tactic that could be called health zoning.

The party of pro-choice? Sure, as long as your choice is the one they want you to make. Now get your lazy butt off the couch before we have to send in the cops.