While the GOP presidential field if falling over one another trying to prove who hates Obamacare the most, Republican Senators facing re-election are suddenly concerned that people might lose health insurance. Not so much out of legitimate concern for the health and well-being of their constituents, but more as a matter of political survival.
Senator Johnson lamented that if the court repeals the federal subsides and Congress doesn’t act to at least temporarily extend them:
It would hurt real people. That’s something any member of Congress, any public elected official, has got to respond to. You just can’t stop something cold turkey. It’s not responsible. It’s not a fair thing to do.
Although Ron Johnson only seems to acknowledge that Obama’s health care law actually helps people now that he is in dire jeopardy of losing his Senate seat, his recognition also reveals what has gone wrong with contemporary Republican politics
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