With the exception of one or two Senators, the GOP knew how this vote would pan out. But even in defeat, Republicans didn’t leave the roll call empty-handed. The GOP has something today that it didn’t have last week–every single Senate Democrat on record admitting that they haven’t learned from their mistakes. Not one of them listened to Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) plea to reconsider. “…[W]e have an opportunity today, an opportunity for all those who supported the health law, it’s an opportunity to reevaluate your vote, to listen to your constituents who are desperately trying to get your attention. You can say perhaps this was a mistake, we can do this better, or you can continue to dismiss the majority of the people in this country as not knowing what they’re talking about. It’s not every day you get a second chance on a big decision after you know all the facts. Today is one of those days.”
It was the Left’s $2.5 trillion do-over. And not one of them seized it. Unfortunately for them, the same results in Congress often mean the same ones in the ballot box. Only this time, voters will have the weight of 28 state lawsuits on their side and 38 state legislatures, all fighting to water down the law.
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