I think the real question goes the other way. Obama and the Dems have starting to poke sharp sticks at the Big Dogs now. And, conveniently, the USSC just overturned McCain-Feingold.
Companies have been paying tribute of one kind or another to the left and the Dems for decades. It's always made things more expensive for them, but only incrementally. So although the cumulative cost has been huge, the individual components didn't seem to cost that much.
Until now. Combine these health care costs, the Cap&Trade proposals, and the utterly insane deficits, and you've got a set of circumstances that even the Big Dogs can't ignore.
Which is why all of these big companies have started trotting out such large numbers for what Obamacare is costing them. They're going to push back now, and hard.
So the question is: can the Obama administration survive the political consequences of what they're doing to CAT and other huge businesses?
They can well fund any Conservative candidate, cut off the flow of money to the demonrats. LOL