Top GOP Senator: We Lost On Obamacare, But We’re Going to Keep Trying To Repeal It Anyway

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Top GOP Senator: We Lost On Obamacare, But We’re Going to Keep Trying To Repeal It Anyway

By Rebecca Leber

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell repeated the siren call that Republicans are not going to give up on repealing Obamacare.

But in the same speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, McConnell admitted there is little plausibility to the idea, since Republicans have already lost. “When it came to Obamacare, we gave it everything we have, everything we have, and we just lost.”

McConnell explained that won’t stop Republicans, in a speech where he assured his audience that the GOP is not stuck in the past:

This law is a disaster. Anyone who thinks we’ve moved beyond it is dead wrong. Obamacare should be repealed root and branch. We’re not backing down from this fight.

“It may not seem like it now,” McConnell concluded, “but we’re actually winning.”

Republicans are not, in fact, winning. After more than 30 votes in Congress, a Supreme Court challenge, and a presidential campaign failed to repeal the health reform law, even House Speaker John Boehner admitted “Obamacare is the law of the land.”

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http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/03/15/1727721/mcconnell-lost-obamacare/

Mitch "My Goal Is To Make Obama A One-Termer" McConnell: Flesh wound!

Moron!

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1. Kick because

clearly McConnell believes he's "winning"

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2. Even Obama hating conservatives I know are liking "Obamacare."

We were going broke trying to save my ex-daughter-in-law's legs from amputation. She lives in West Virginia and indigent healthcare is practically non-existent up there. Now, she's getting good medical care (well, as good as you can get in West Virginia) and many in her family have also gotten enrolled. Others are counting the days until October when they'll be eligible for enrollment. It's a hotbed of conservatism up there, but as poor as everyone is and as terrible as getting healthcare has been, having the ACA open and running for so many has been a boon. As more are enrolled, Republicans are going to have a fight on their hands if they take it away from people.

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3. Talk about government waste

Of course the media NEVER talks about how much wasted taxpayer money is spent on these stunts. I think each day of congressional voting costs 30 million, so we are close to a billion dollars wasted.

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4. If only such vigor went towards job creation

instead of legislative stagnation!