Another advantage of a delay until October 2014 is that it allows the different factions in the Republican Party to fight their battles in the primary season before the monstrosity is implemented. If a lot of sitting Republicans opposing the move to defund ObamaCare in the Senate, for example, are toppled during the primaries, then the House has a lot more leverage during the final weeks of the 2014 election season. But if those Senators successfully fight off primary challengers from “Tea Party” types, then there’s no reason to think the GOP grass roots has any interest in fighting ObamaCare at all.
Very good points.
The other thing is that people here who are saying “bring it on and let people be miserable” must either be in a protected class or independently wealthy, because it’s going to hurt ALL of us. And I d be happy to delay that as long as possible.