Did Mary Landrieu hand us a political win/win?

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8. No, and

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We know the answer, of course. Landrieu's bill doesn't have a prayer of passing. Republicans will obstruct it every step of the way. But instead of having Obama taking away your insurance, we'll reverse the equation: It'll now be Republicans defending the ability of insurance companies to cancel those policies."

...it's just plain stupid, and Republicans are already jumping on board.

House GOPer: Senate 'Keep Your Health Plan' Bill Might Be Better Than Ours

Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), who introduced the House bill expected to come up for vote Friday which would allow people to keep their existing health plans, said Wednesday that a similar bill introduced by Senate Democrats might actually be better than his.

As TPM has reported, the Upton bill would amend the Affordable Care Act to allow insurers to continue offering their existing individual health insurance plans through 2014. The Senate bill, introduced by Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), would require them to -- and allow people to stay on those non-ACA-compliant plans indefinitely.

“Let’s challenge them to pass (Landrieu’s bill) in the Senate, and if so, I think that’s even a bigger and perhaps better step than what we have in the House,” Upton told the Washington Examiner. “Let’s see if she can pass that.”

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/landrieu-upton-obamacare-health-insurance

Charles Pierce: The Beginning Of What Might Be The End
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024026720