I suppose the most striking aspect of this morning’s ACA theater was the Republicans’ explicit acceptance of the premise that sanctioned passage of the ACA in the first place — that all Americans should have affordable health care, and it’s the business of government to intervene and make it so. Once that is universally accepted, attention necessarily turns toward how<\/i>, rather than whether<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Obama and the Democrats have plainly won the premise, and won it decisively. If the Republicans had possessed the decency to cooperate and help sand-off the rough edges, the entire subject would have been ancient history years ago.<\/p>\n
But, you know … a nigra moozlim!!, in OUR WHITE HOUSE!!<\/i><\/p>\n
My best guess is that the Republicans will pass a bill that specifies some sort of repeal years from now, congratulate themselves, and then go to work doing what they should have cooperated to do years ago — fine-tune what is in place. This will be done to the accompaniment of cheering morons with the memory of puppies.<\/p>\n
Kellyanne Conway, painfully smug liar-for-hire, will nod her head approvingly and remind everybody that orange is the new black. So there.<\/p>\n