At the end of the session, the president suggested that if no deal was at hand, Democrats would press forward alone and let voters be the ultimate judge. “That’s what elections are for,” he said.
I wonder if the president is being a little too cavalier about this whole healthcare reform thing. The Republican party’s image isn’t at its best right now, but even their thoughts on the issue are to be respected. Because–let’s face it–Democrats don’t have it all right.
Rep. Eric Cantor, the House Republican whip from Virginia, said the president’s olive branch on issues such as malpractice wasn’t enough. “An ounce of sugar does not make bad medicine go down,” he said in an interview. “The bill is a fundamentally flawed bill.”
But that doesn’t mean they have it all wrong, either. Perhaps Republicans just need to suck it up and realize that they’re not going to get everything they want.
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R., Ohio) said the same thing he’s been saying for weeks: “The bill needs to be scrapped.”
Bah. We’ll see.
[ via the Wall Street Journal ]