[Credo]

I guess where I going with this.

The Dems may think they have a win/win on this via the judiciary. If the judiciary goes their way, they have a health care deal that will be difficult to repeal.

If it doesn’t, they can tell their lefty base they tried, use the courts as a whipping boy and motivate their base.

I’m sure some of them are aware this is on real shaky constitutional grounds. They just don’t care.

[Hoodat]

That makes sense. I believe the main objective in passing this legislation was as an excuse to raise taxes. They have their tax increase for the next four years, and won't have to pay out a dime. And if the Court declares it unconstitutional, the tax increases still remain in place.

It was probably the main selling point by Obama. Congress has finally run out of other people's money, and they needed to find a way to bring in more revenue from now until the election. That's how they got Stupak on board. This was never about health care, but rather it was about raising taxes.