Cornyn Acknowledges Pledge To Repeal Health Care Unlikely To Pan Out

Go John Cornyn! you're on track for a BIG GOP win this November! (Snicker.... Snicker.)

Cornyn said repeal because it sounded tougher and would get a stronger reaction from the faithful. In reality, two things come under consideration. First, is they want the Fall elections to be a referendum on the Democrats health plan. That is, they want the voters to consider their feelings about Democratic candidates in light of their support for the health reform bill floating around Congress today. Second, they want voters opposed to Democrats, in general, and the health reform, in particular, to consider voting Republican based on the idea that they (Republicans) intend to try and repeal any health reform bill should they be rewarded with majority status in the elections. Clear enough?

This is the deal for the Republicans: They retake "whatever" offices, repeal (if they can and if they want to), then sit down and have a drink, say "cheers" to their success. Coupla years later, the ongoing ramping up of private health insurance continues unabated. What happens to them then?

Cornyn: "We're going to run on a promise to do something we know we can'tdo, but our voters will be forgiving because they know we lie about this shit all the time anyway."

Pass the HCR bill and then pivot to financial reform. Let the GOP obstruct financial regulatory reform the way they have health care reform and then try to explain their position in the fall. We choose the ground we fight on.

What a gift it will be to democrats if the GOP does make repeal of health care reform the defining issue in November. If they try it they will discover what they should already know, it's much easier to play defense than offense on a topic like this. Health care is a sound-bite issue where the team arguing to make ANY change (even repeal of a new bill) will get ground up like hamburger for bringing it up at all.

The dems will simply spend the fall hammering the GOP for favoring canceling policies of those who become ill, preventing those with pre-existing conditions from getting insurance, forcing your children off your plan, and stripping 30 million of insurance altogether. Their ads and talking points will be targeted right at people's daily lives (you may like your doctor, but what if your insurance company takes him/her away?) and insecurities (what will you do if you lose/change your job and end up without health care????). The GOP would be killed by this and no attempt to bring up less sound-bite-ready issues like the mandate, medicare, or taxes will help.

This is not even to to mention the fact that the dems can have switched to jobs and financial reform, which the public is much more interested in right now. They'll look like they care more about people AND the issues people care about.

So, please Sen. Cornyn, by all means, go after the new bill for all it's worth! We on the left beg you!!!!! Indeed, if people are looking for a political reason to vote for reform, this is it!