No Republicans should vote for Upton’s plan that will save the Democrats’ seats in next year’s election. To even consider this qualifies the GOP as the Stupid Party.
If they sit tight, the screams of millions of voters dumped by their employer-provided plans next year will sink ObamaCare for good. The Democrats will vote for complete repeal right before the elections.
I agree, but there is another option.
Demand and attach a virtual stripping of Obamacare to whatever democrats propose. Not just the tame options being regarded, which are fine and should be included, but a virtual replacement of the bill with all of the republican proposals.
Welcome to the Republican’s latest dilemma: Should Republicans help bail out Democrats on Obamacare by passing a bill that would allow insurance companies to continue offering plans that have been cancelled due to Obamacare rules?
This from the American Thinker:
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/11/erickson_vs_anderson_on_the_keep_your_plan_act.html
Both Anderson’s and Erickson’s points may be moot. Unless things change dramatically in the next week or so, Harry Reid will not bring any Obamacare fix to the floor. And it wouldn’t matter anyway because the White House has indicated that the president will veto the measure.
The GOP should thank Bill Clinton. He has put congressional Democrats in an even worse position than they were before he said that Congress should act to make good on Obama’s promise. (He’s also distanced Hillary from the whole mess, thus probably saving her candidacy - for now.) While giving Democrats in congress some political cover to vote for the Keep Your Plan Act, defying a sitting president from your own party has its consequences. House Democratic leaders have indicated that gutting Obamacare - which the Keep Your Plan Act has a good chance of doing - would have fundraising reprecussions next fall.
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