Maybe it's me but something is really fishy about Roberts supporting ACA

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45. May be a plot. May have been an epiphany considering his strokes as suggested on a thread.

Or it may have been personal to his family. I've seen this happen up close. A crucial vote was changed over a mother telling a legislator she saw how she ignored the pleas of constituents on a matter of concern. Their children were best friends. Mom said she did not feel comfortable having her child at the home of someone so rude. She was shamed and was more considerate.

Another was combating a privatization scheme. The opposition called an out of state investor and the name was posted. They advertised about selling a place off to wealthy people for asssisted living. The current residents didn't have money, so they'd be homeless. Someone knew the investor and called him to tell him of their plight. When it was explained the scheme was to toss the poor, he was shamed, withdrew the bid and the home was saved.

We don't know why Roberts went how he did; but these guys are human beings and can be pressured. Articles came out yesterday about Scalia in the Guardian, and Dionne saying he needed to resign.
And that the USSC should have their funding cut off for violating the public trust. Those are in threads here, but they came from elsewhere and were heard in many places. It's possible they felt the weight of public opinion against them.

Never discount how people feel, even if they appear careless. Lawyers and legislators are experts at wheedling and weasel language. Some agreement are easy to lose and one may not make their goal. It is part of the reason Obama is as soft spoken and concise as he is.

Not all of us have the gift, I sure don't. It really does pay off and one has to have a certain kind of disposition to succeed. His wife, a brother, someone may have told Roberts it would be hypocrisy for him to shut down a law that gave people healthcare for a pre-existing condition when he would be in trouble himself. We may never know, but we're right to be curious and ask questions.