We learned today that Obama Care premiums are going up in 2015.
"Sen.
Charles Schumer (N.Y.), the third-ranking member of the Senate Democratic
leadership, said last week that ObamaCare was not worth the political cost.
And
he’s not alone.
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), the chairman of the Senate Health
Education Labor and Pensions Committee, told The Hill that Democrats should have
enacted a single-payer healthcare system or a public option. In retrospect,
Harkin said, Democrats should have not passed the bill they did. While he says
the ACA enacted some good reforms, he bemoans its daunting complexity.
Schumer’s and Harkin’s recent remarks are quite different than in
prior years. After the Supreme Court upheld ObamaCare’s individual mandate,
Harkin hailed the ruling as “great news for America’s families, businesses and
our economy. The Affordable Care Act moves us forward where every person has
affordable, quality healthcare in America.”"
It's
laughable to hear these comments in 2014 but that's what losing big will do
to you. It's obvious that the only Democrats who've survived their vote are
those in gerrymandered districts or safe blue states.
My question is simple: Why didn't one of these US Senators
approach Majority Leader Reid and tell him to stop it?. The Democrats had a
chance in Christmas 2009 to stop the bill and save the election that Scott Brown
won in Massachusetts a few weeks later.
Where was Jim Webb, the former Senator from Virginia? He is
now saying that
Democrats have "lost their way". So why didn't Mr Webb go to the Senate
floor and pull back his support for the bill.
My guess is that Senate Democrats were torn between political
reality and "wishful thinking".
Politically, they knew that it'd very hard to walk away from
President Obama's signature legislation. They were probably afraid of a primary
challenge, like what happened to Senator Lieberman over Iraq.
The "wishful thinking" was that the Supreme Court would kill
the bill upon reading it. Most Democrats bet that the 5 GOP appointments would
do what none of them had the courage to do.
So Obama Care survived the Roberts Court but those who voted
for it did not survive the court of public opinion.
Seriously, there aren't any "profiles in courage" awards
waiting Webb, Schumer and Harkin. More like "profiles in cowardice"!
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