And just how could they have done that? With a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate and a dominant majority in the House, the Democrats could do whatever they wanted -- so long as they stayed united, which they did.
Indeed, the only Republican vote ever cast for Obamacare was Olympia Snowe's, which allowed the bill to go from the committee to the floor. At the time, the rule was that at least one minority vote was necessary to get bills out of committee (a residue of Trent Lott and the "new tone"). But we all know (as did Snowe), that -- without that vote -- Harry Reid would simply change the rules.
So, unless you're referring to the Snowe vote, just how could the Republicans have stopped Obamacare in its tracks -- outside of a mass kidnapping?
see my reply in post 32