White House Readies Ramming Speed if Supremes Strike Down Mandate

[Leanne King]

 "Legislatively we can't do a thing, and we are going to move full speed ahead (with implementation).”
-- A Democratic “congressional official” talking to the Associated Press about plans in the Obama administration to proceed with the president’s 2010 health law even if the Supreme Court strikes down its central provision requiring all Americans to either purchase insurance or be enrolled in a government program.
The looming Supreme Court decision on President Obama’s 2010 health law has Washington in a state of high anxiety.
Like tourists who ordered dinner without being able to read the menu, most politicians, pundits and policy wonks are pretty sure they won’t like what’s about to be served up.
Today, the talk is about an Associated Press story which cites a whisper from a Democratic “congressional official” who has been working with the White House on the way forward if the high court guts the president’s law.

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[Patricia M. McBride]

The only way to stop this train wreck from happening is to strike the whole bill, because of the mandate.  This fool in the white house could care less if he bankrupts the country and gets our credit raing lowed (which would surely happen if he moves forward with this bill and no way to pay for it).