Poison Pills: One More

The Republicans have, as I hoped, introduced an amendment to the fix-it bill to require the Congress, the Senate, and even the staffers who wrote the Senate Obamacare bill and exempted themselves from it, to be covered under the new Obamacare law.

If it passes into law, that amendment will be repealed in a few years when the worse parts of Obamacare start to kick in (conveniently AFTER the next TWO elections). If the Democrats vote AGAIN to exempt themselves from Obamacare, every single Republican running for office will have yet one more arrow in the "Repeal and Replace" quiver.

This is a huge lose-lose for the Democrat party. I hope the Republicans have the sense to make proper use of it, but with people like Steele at the helm, I'm not holding my breath.