No one's yet invented the magic wand that you can wave to repeal Obamacare. Therefore we need to win elections to repeal it. To do that, you get Dems on record voting against something as voter-friendly as this legislation and then run ads telling how they voted a year from now. If it passes, then we take credit for introducing it.
Thanks for replying JediJones. Given the remote possibility that you, or other freepers, are not aware of the following concerning constitutionally indefensible Obamacare, you may find it both interesting and disturbing.
As a consequence of citizens not being taught about the Founding States' division of federal and state government powers, and also trusting what Obama guard dog Fx News says about Obamacare, activist justices got away with their argument that the federal government has the constitutional authority to establish a public healthcare program like Obamacare.
But the truth about the constitutionality of Obamacare is this. Previous generations of Constitution-respecting justices had officially clarified that the states have never delegated to Congress, via the Constitution, the specific power to regulate tax and spend for public healthcare purposes.
"State inspection laws, health laws, and laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c. are not within the power granted to Congress. (emphases added)" --Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.Therefore we need to win elections to repeal it."Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States." --Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
"Inspection laws, quarantine laws, health laws of every description (emphasis added), as well as laws for regulating the internal commerce of a state and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c., are component parts of this mass." --Justice Barbour, New York v. Miln, 1837.
“Direct control of medical practice in the states is obviously (emphasis added) beyond the power of Congress.” –Linder v. United States, 1925.
Regarding elections to repeal Obamacare, please note the following. If patriots and former Obama supporters can get organized in time for the 2014 elections, the following scenario may be possible. If patriots can elect 2/3 conservative majority control in each House of Congress in 2014 then Congress will be in the following position. Congress will have the power, under Clause 2 of Section 7 of Article I, to override presidential vetoes. This means that Congress will be able to repeal Obamacare without Obama's signature.