Not to be cynical, but it’s unfortunate this spill didn’t occur before the final vote on health care reform. A government too inept to handle something as relatively simple as an oil spill surely has no business trying to run 1/6 of the U.S. economy. If Obama’s botched handling of this mess had persuaded even 2 House members to doubt reassurances from the Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight about the impact of voting for reform on their electoral prospects, we might have been spared Obamacare altogether.
Sadly, I don’t think the ENTIRE GULF FILLED WITH OIL would have stopped the healthcare trainwreck. Those who voted yea were going to do it NO MATTER WHAT!