• The impact of this vote will long outlive this one frantic, snowy weekend in Washington. This legislation will reshape our nation, and Americans have already issued their verdict – they don’t want it.
• Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell • Discussing the landmark health care vote. The Kentucky senator is the public face of severe partisanship that’s shaped our political sphere over the last six months. This guy’s in a position of leadership, and it seems like all he can do is come up with new one-liners like this one rather than actually help craft something useful. Maybe, Mitch, if you had spent the last six months helping build a health care bill – or better, helping your party meet the Democrats halfway – you’d have a reasonable voice in this debate. That’s our real problem with the health care bill – it’s never been about finding a unified solution on both sides. It’s always been 100% about finding a way to screw the other guys. It shouldn’t be that way. It’s damaging and becomes less about helping out Americans and more about being on top. source

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