[NYer]

While it remains difficult to see how any Catholic could in good conscience oppose making healthcare more widely accessible (on what grounds?), it is increasingly easy to see why Catholics (or anyone else for that matter) would oppose Obamacare. To repeat: Good ends are ill-served by ineffectual and counterproductive means.

Personally, I was embarrassed by Cardinal Dolan's statement: "The Catholic Church could have been one of Obamacare's "biggest cheerleaders" if not for some of its mandates involving contraception." Either the bishops are ignorant of the ramifications of Obamacare on the working class or they are naive, which I strongly doubt.

[markomalley]

Either the bishops are ignorant of the ramifications of Obamacare on the working class or they are naive, which I strongly doubt.

There is a third possibility.

Pius X talked about it quite a bit.

[trisham]

Unfortunately, there remains a communistic element in some religious, who have never given up on Vatican II.

[Jeff Chandler]

the bishops are ignorant of the ramifications

Let's face it, they are collectivists who are ignorant of economics.

[Bigg Red]

Personally, I was embarrassed by Cardinal Dolan’s statement:

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After his remarks about so-called immigration reform, nothing he says surprises me now. He is useless.

[Alex Murphy]

Personally, I was embarrassed by Cardinal Dolan's statement: "The Catholic Church could have been one of Obamacare's "biggest cheerleaders" if not for some of its mandates involving contraception." Either the bishops are ignorant of the ramifications of Obamacare on the working class or they are naive, which I strongly doubt.

IMO a convincing case can be made that the bishops do not look to the Bible for guidance, but IMO you can't say they're naïve.

Related thread:
Vatican paper: US bishops speak for Catholic Church on health care reform

[Rashputin]

Personally, I'm embarrassed by Cardinal Dolan's existence as a Cardinal.

When he had Barry to dinner and didn't lay a very public smack-down on him over BarryCare and other things it was obvious to me he's functionally identical to guys Rick Warren or Joel Olsteen.

The only real difference is that while Dolan still claims to believe in Christianity the other two have openly developed their own substitutes for Christianity.

The war goes on. If the time ever comes that there are no guys like Dolan left in the ranks of the Bishops and the Cardinals it'll be a sign that they've finished paving Hell.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Embarrassed? I am dumbfounded at his jaw-dropping stupidity.