A month ago, Jonathan Chait saw the gathering momentum for getting health care reform passed, and observed “The conservative freakout is going to be something to behold.” And indeed so far it has been. Katherine Haenschen and Bob Moser did a fine job documenting the many shameful things Texas’ Congressional Republicans said on Sunday during the health care vote. I’d say that history will eventually judge them, but I suppose that depends on whether or not the SBOE still has influence over the textbooks. Follow the links for the full effect; I’ll just quote Moser quoting South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn, the Democratic whip, on what this was all about:
“A lot of us have been saying for a long time that much of this is not about health care at all. And I think a lot of those people today demonstrated that this is not about health care… it is about trying to extend a basic fundamental right to people who are less powerful.”
Keep that in mind as you follow the efforts by various Attorneys General, including of course our own Greg Abbott, to overturn this at the courthouse.
Finally, I can’t let this go without saluting Texas Congressman Randy Neugebauer, who found a new way to distinguish himself on Sunday. Now he can be known for something other than being Lubbock’s only yacht owner. Vince and Juanita have more.
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The conservatives seemed to be horrified at proof that government can do something positive and constructive.