re: #179 Renaissance_Man

I’m still not a John Roberts fanboy. I’m not a lawyer, but I talk a lot with friends who are, and who are extremely conservative (albeit by foreign standards) to boot. Even they continually scratch their heads over Citizens United. Really, Chief Justice? Corporations are people, really? Today’s verdict strikes me very much as being motivated by something other than a desire to find constitutionality or accurately interpret the law. I’m not sure we see all the ramifications of this decision yet.

On another note, it is extraordinary how far the Overton Window has shifted that lefties are now cheering for a policy initially conceived by the Heritage Foundation.

Would I rather have single payer? Absolutely. Still, I’m pleased by even incremental progress. I don’t have to remember that far back when I couldn’t get private insurance because I’d previously been diagnosed with hypertension, and then ended un in the ICU with a BP of 220/180 (not a typo.)

I don’t suddenly have rose colored glass on with regards to Roberts. He’s inconsistent, shifty and lacking in ideological integrity. Yet the dick in me will always appreciate a quality mind fuck, and he certainly pulled one off today.