This doesn't change a damn thing - if I'm an incumbent DEM up for election, I'm pissed.
This is NO different than hooking up a terminal patient to a ventilator with a one-year battery supply.
If I'm a DEM, how do I defend AGAINST the charge that the healthcare plans will be terminated just AFTER the election?
ALSO, its NOT JUST going to be 15 million cancelled at that point.
DON'T FORGET, the EMPLOYER exemption runs out next year too.
Employers are going to CUT employees to under 50, CUT employee hours to 29.5, CUT their health plans all together - or some combination thereof.
If I'm an incumbent DEM today, I'm asking Obama:
"Can I get a hit off that crack pipe yer smokin' ..."