Karl Rove Waves White Flag on Obamacare

[DonViejo]

Karl Rove: It’s Time to End Calls of Repealing Obamacare
May 8, 2015 By Sara Goddard

Karl Rove in the Wall Street Journal: “If the Supreme Court holds in King v. Burwell that the Affordable Care Act—also known as ObamaCare—does not allow subsidies for health coverage to flow through federal insurance exchanges, Republicans better be ready to say what to do next.”

“President Barack Obama will then accuse conservative justices of overreaching and demand that the GOP Congress immediately extend subsidies to every state. His message will be politically potent, as it will turn the words of Republicans in 2013 back on them: ‘If you like your plan,’ Republicans said, ‘you should be able to keep your plan.’ Hillary Clinton will join in depicting Republicans as heartless brutes who would let people die for lack of health insurance rather than fix Mr. Obama’s law.”

“Some Republicans may insist on simply repealing ObamaCare. But doing this would chew up valuable time and give the president a veto opportunity he relishes. For now, Republicans should focus on putting Mr. Obama on the defensive with a proposal that makes sense to Americans.”

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http://wonkwire.com/2015/05/08/karl-rove-its-time-to-end-calls-of-repealing-obamacare/

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. I am certain the criminals on the SC are going to gut ACA...be ready

(there is a part of me where I will say A when I am hoping like hell it will be B, and if I say A often enough, it ends up being B and I am pleasantly surprised, I am doing a little of that here)

[stevenleser]

2. No one will listen to him and the Cruz wing of the party will call him a traitor. Its a win-win. nt

[malthaussen]

3. Voluntary euthanasia would be nice.

A GOP proposal I could robustly support, particularly in the case of Mr Rove.

-- Mal

[underpants]

4. Hey Karl, thanks for branding it "Obamacare"

That was one of the dumbest political moves of the last 1/2 century.

[Fred Sanders]

5. FFS, has 7 years after 58 repeal votes to find "an alternative" not been enough?