You just provided reason 2 for not fighting Obamacare and letting it implode on the Dems. Reason 1 is the fight allows Obama to close the gov and blame the chaos on the GOP via MSM ally. When the GOP realize the political cost of the move, the RINOs and establishment will use it to blame Cruz who started this thus depriving the conservatives and Tea Party a leader. Cruz wonders why the Dems are personal in their attacks on GOP and interpret it as Dems are scared and losing. IMHO the Dems are not scare but egging the GOP on into the political trap. Mark my words the move to close gov was a PR trap for the GOP and when the Dems are done, the GOP will be forced to pass CR and debt ceiling with no concessions for the Dems. It will be a total victory for the Dems and the MSM will harp on the GOP from here till elections of 2014. The GOP establishment and RINOs will use the defeat to hammer the Tea Party and conservatives. That is my 2 cents.