Oh, yes ...
Our "terrible resolve" ... to elect r0mney ...
The architect and prototype of 0bamacare.
YEAH!!!!
That'll show 'em!
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
The regulation of health care is neither prohibited by the States under the Constitution nor a delegated power granted under the Constitution. As such, the State is the proper place for such laws - not that I agree with the intent purpose or enactment of the law - but that was for the people of Massachusetts to decide - and I am far from Massachusetts.
As disgusted as I was by the decision in Kelo vs New London, that government shall not take private property except for public use was somehow the power to take private property for private use if there were some public benefit to be derived thereby - it DID prompt some legislation preventing such from occurring again.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704402404574527513453636326.html
“According to the Institute for Justice, which represented Susette Kelo, 43 states have since passed laws that place limits and safeguards on eminent domain, giving property owners greater security in their homes.”