Senator John Cornyn on Obamacare and 'Republican on Republican violence'

examiner.com ^ | 10/10/13

[cotton1706]

In a heated radio interview with Texas-based Matt Patrick of KTRH Wednesday, Senator John Cornyn awkwardly defended himself from charges that he did not support Senators Mike Lee and Ted Cruz in their efforts to defund the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, as nicely laid out by Matthew Boyle of Breitbart.

According to Boyle, a "a senior congressional staffer" told Breitbart that "Instead of helping Cruz with their power as Senate GOP leaders, [Senate Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell and Cornyn are working against him." Indeed, the staffer did not mince words and said,

““To be clear, nobody is fighting harder to make sure Obamacare is funded than Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn...”

With this in mind, Matt Patrick adeptly challenged Senator Cornyn, who gave a flimsy defense along the lines of conceding that he did not support Ted Cruz' tactic of delivering a 21-plus hour speech against funding Obamacare because he thought that it was politically a bad idea.

He made the claim before, as reported by Todd J. Gillman of Dallas News, who reported that Cornyn said,

““I assure you that I try to make the decisions I make based on the merits and not based on political risk.”

But in the same article, Gillman wrote, "Cornyn has argued that with only 46 seats, Republicans should focus on winning control of the Senate next year rather than risking a shutdown that would damage the country and badly harm the party’s image." Worrying about the "image" of the party seems to be a political motivation.

During the radio interview, Cornyn said that the focus on Obamacare was "water under the bridge," and wanted to go on to discuss the debt ceiling.

[Ditter]

I got a long letter from Cornyn this morning, I haven't read it all yet. He thanked me for contacting him! That's funny because when I contacted him I said get with Cruz or get out. I told him I would be helping him get out, maybe he actually heard us now.

[texas_mrs]

Yeah, Cornyn has been running ads recently on the talk channels touting his “Conservative like you” message. He knows he has messed up.

[DNME]

Interesting ...

If nothing else, this shutdown is forcing RINOs to raise their true colors, for all of us to see. I can’t wait for next year’s elections, especially the primary season!

[Col Freeper]