Posted by
VBushmills on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:34:34 PM
Most people, and almost all members of Congress, do things in their own self-interest. So as the White House and Democrat leaders change the language of moving healthcare "reform" forward, keep your representatives feet to the fire.
The greatest threat of the healthcare "reform" bills was never the provision that would kick in 2013, but rather the rather mundane language that would enable Congress to move forward immediately in other ancillary areas, as well as enable Obama to appoint still more czars, and create still other executive orders that, while most likely just as unocnstitutional as his other appointments, will likely move forward.
I can't know Sen Charles Grassley's heart, so it's impossible to say how he really feels about this Obama buzz saw he's found himself in front of. But we will see once the White House pulls the direct language people hate so much, and replace it with language that will simple enable Congress to pass it later on, at a time of its own choosing, probably in increments.
If Grassley really cares for his constituency, and his oath, he will trudge on, and stay in the administration's face. If he only wants it to seem normal and quiet again, content that, come next year and Obamacare is a back-door reality rather than a front door one, he can claim he was lied to or blindsided...disabuse him NOW that he will get a free ride.
Tell them all, that if any bill is passed that will allow Congress to then kill the private healthcare system with a hundred pinpricks, tell that Hell will come riding for them.
Bernard Chumm