re: #44 Ming

It is profoundly against the US Constitution for some Republicans to be so strongly obsessed about the Affordable Care Act.

As it happens, the Affordable Care Act is ideologically centrist; it’s quite similar to what Mitt Romney did in Massachusetts.

But even if (hypothetically) the Affordable Care Act were deeply liberal, it was passed by both houses of Congress, signed into law by the President, and upheld by the Supreme Court. At this point, anyone with respect for the US Constitution should view the Affordable Care Act as the law of the land.

Of course, there’s nothing wrong with working to improve existing laws. But there is something very wrong with being obsessed with one particular body of law, and wanting to undo everything and anything related to the Affordable Care Act. This shows a profound lack of respect for the constitutional process which allowed the Affordable Care Act to become law in the first place.

There is nothing wrong with the GOP making repeal of Obamacare its only platform plank. If they get control of the House, Senate and presidency with sufficient numbers to repeal the law, then it is gone.

What is illegitimate about the GOP’s antics is to try to use control of only the House to accomplish the same end via hostage taking.