Every time the question of Obamacare's constitutionality comes up, we hear a lot of noise about how conservatives intend to ”strip” health care from millions of Americans, a lot about how Republicans are committing political suicide, and a lot of historical revisionism. Take these comments from David Weigel of the Washington Post, which summarize a number of Democrat talking points neatly.
“You can dream up some lawsuit against Medicare itself, sure, but every legal attack on the ACA has focused on the parts designed to make it a market-friendly compromise,” he tweeted. “This is why a lot of Dems (and Rs) think that if the hail mary Texas lawsuit succeeds — if the ACA is torn up by judges on a technicality — the ‘just fix it' era is over. Democrats will have learned that compromise doesn't work and run on single-payer.”
