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When the affordable care act came up for passage in December 2009- March 2010, Cruz was in private practice in Texas, just what the hell did you want him to do to "fight the fight" about what was occurring in the House and in the Senate?

Cruz affiliated himself with the Heritage Foundation and began to campaign against Obamacare in the summer of this year. Half the people who criticize him call him an upstart, now you call him a Johnny-come-lately, which is it?

I suggest you "read a little bit and familiarize yourself" with the times of which you so authoritatively speak.

You have no evidence whatsoever documenting that Ted Cruz is an "opportunist."

There is no such thing as a politician who is not an opportunist in one sense of the word. When George Washington showed up at the Continental Congress when they were looking for a general to command the Army was it coincidence that he was wearing his uniform, or was he an opportunist?

When Abraham Lincoln made his speech at Cooper Union which helped propel him into the presidency, was he an opportunist?

There is no politician who was more of an opportunist than Winston Churchill, thank God he was exactly that. When asked to agree that Lord Halifax would be a better Prime Minister then he in 1940, Churchill remained stony faced and got the job. Was he an opportunist?

If Ted Cruz is an opportunist, give me an army of them and a world of opportunities will open for all of us.

You are correct in asserting that legally he could have no bearing during the passage of the bill. However, out of the over 40x the ACA has been repealed in part or totality it has been done multiple time during his short term as Senator. Never tell now has he put up a fight, and it must be noted he himself caved, the senate vote was 100-0 ... its quite clear whatever his objective it is not defunding obamacare, or why else would he vote for the go-ahead on the funding, why would Republicans like Tom Coburn and Paul Ryan adamanetly against Cruz? I may get censored for this because FR is not a free speech community too many of my friends who may not agree with R’s but hate D’s have been kicked off for “trolling” which measns FR does not approve of your views and your argument is TOO rational. The Harvard grad with a Texas drawl is just the same as all the Demicans and Republicrat, do not fool yourself.