Chief Justice Roberts Does the Right Thing on ObamaCare
It was not accidental that this centerpiece of his plan originated in conservative think tanks and was supported by, among others, Senator John McCain during his run for president. President Obama went to pains to present a bipartisan solution to our health care crisis.
Republicans? They did an ideological about-face, declared their wrath against the individual mandate and voted in a block against the Affordable Care Act. Conservatives have been trying to use health care reform as a political football ever since.
Chief Justice Roberts’ vote is so striking precisely because it bucks the recent trend of conservatives contorting their own past beliefs and principles to attack President Obama in any way possible.
It’s no coincidence that, today, the very same Republicans who decried Congress wasting taxpayer resources on “witch hunts” when George W. Bush was president have launched a grandiose fishing expedition against Attorney General Eric Holder — not because of “Fast & Furious,” which has long been addressed, but because of some far-fetched conspiracy theory about the Justice Department’s own internal investigation.
To ordinary Americans watching this exchange, it would appear that Republicans are against Congressional committee witch hunts, unless Democrats are the targets, just as Republicans support individual mandate solutions within the private insurance market, unless Democrats propose the idea.
Yes this was on faux. Gotta love turning against your own idea in a bid to tear down an opponent. Morons.