I think it was a great play. Now the Republicans bring it up for a repeal vote with a majority. Dems that vote against and are in contested districts are gone.
Senate will have to get the bill. Harry Reid cannot table it for fear he will lose the senate. He will have to bring it up since 25 of his senators are up for reelection and they will have to vote for cloture. Question is will the republicans get 19 votes to bring it up for a vote?
Let’s say they do. What is Obama going to do? Veto it?
I think the play was good politically, but constitutionally it sucks.
I am cautiously optimistic that we're going to have a good November and Obamacare will eventually be repealed. It's the precedent of this opinion that's the real concern to me.
I’m not sure Roberts was thinking that far ahead. His decision was cowardly, it resolved nothing and it created a tax out of whole cloth and the dems don’t have to vote on anything.
They’re toast, Obama is done and the country will kick them out en mass but this decision is cowardly.