Republican Senators: On Further Review....by: Kathy Sullivan 2Wed Mar 24, 2010 at 11:21:32 AM EDT |
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(Too bad Jeb Bradley and Kelly Ayotte and every NHGOPer in-between have already gone whole hog into the repeal fringe. - promoted by Dean Barker) There is a very funny article in the Washington Post today that shows how far and how fast Republicans are backpedaling on "repeal": http://voices.washingtonpost.c... Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts, the poster boy for the conservative insurgency, said on Monday that he wasn't sure whether he'd support overturning the health care law, calling moves to do so "a little premature." As ThinkProgress notes, Rep. Phil Gingrey told CNN that he "does not want" to throw out everything in the bill, noting that there are many provisions - including health insurance exchanges, electronic medical records, greater coverage for dependents, expanded Medicaid, and increased consumer protections - that he supports. So in about 12 hours, the GOP's position has gone from "repeal this socialist monstrosity that will destroy our final freedoms" to "there are some things we don't like about this legislation and would like to repeal, and there are some things we support and would like to keep." At this rate, they'll be running on expanding the bill come November. Question for New Hampshire Republicans: will they jump off the "repeal" bandwagon, reading the same tea leaves that Brown, et al, are reading now that the people are learning about exactly what is in this bill? Or will they go off the "repeal" cliff? |