Very good point, Phil. If we're going to look at "punishing" anyone for voting in favor of Obamacare, the first priority should be the RATs in formerly GOP held seats that voted for it. People forget that as recently as 6 years ago we had a 11-9 GOP majority delegation from Illinois in Congress. Bean, Foster, and Halvenson all represent formerly GOP held seats, and all three voted in favor of Obamacare.
There have been some excellent GOP recruits in Foster and Halvenson's district. Bean could finally face a real challenger too, as opposed to the failed strategy of running bored zillionaires "from the private sector" the GOP has employed the last two election cycles. One particularly interested candidate running against Bean is Long Grove Mayor Maria Rodriguez. She's lived in the district for 25 years, solid track record as mayor, good conservative positions on all the major issues (2nd amendment, deporting illegals, anti-Obamacare, anti-cap n' trade, etc.), suburban mom, empathic speaker, and spanish-sounding last name will drive the race-baiting RATs nuts. The only BIG negative I see is that apparently she endorsed RINO Mark Kirk in the primary for Senate (and I always see that one as a biggie warning sigh... in much the same way Field is wary of any Republican who supported Romney for President)
http://www.mariarodriguezforcongress.com
Thoughts?