[Til I am the last man standing]

It doesn't matter what Axelrod or Obama or Congress says. Obama's Solicitor General argued that this was a tax or withing the "taxing" power of the Congress.

[Red Steel]

Hmmmm... Except on the first day of the 3 days of oral arguments, Obama’s lawyers argued that it was NOT a tax.

http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/11-398-Monday.pdf

The gooberment got to argue for the Commerce Clause, a penalty, an/or it was a tax if everything else failed.

Throw everything against the wall and hope something sticks. SCOTUS allowed for this idiotic BS.

Change the argument on the fly nonsense.

[wildbill]

Everyone in the country should be required to read this oral argument transcript before commenting on the issue.

It’s long and somewhat arcane, but you can really get a sense of the various arguments—and why, in the end, Roberts made sure it was NOT a Commerce Clause issue.

I bet he horse traded with the 4 libs to find it Constitutional as a tax rather than via the Commerce Clause which would have been a very slippery slope for the future.

You can reduce taxes and coverages paid for by taxes much easier than repeal something that is set in stone under the Commerce Clause.