Stopping ObamaCare:
Only the House Vote Matters
Rich Lowry
"This is an important point. I don't think people understand that reconciliation isn't really that important except as a promise to members of the House. Even Charles Krauthammer, if I understood him correctly, said last night that he thinks the bill will pass the House but fail during the reconciliation process. But if the bill passes the House, the same bill has passed the Senate and the House and Obama can just sign the thing. It won't matter if the reconciliation process bogs down, except to those Democrats who thought the bill would be 'fixed.'But once they've voted, they've voted. Obama can say, 'See you in the Rose Garden and we'll try to fix it next year.' Jeffrey Anderson makes this point here."
The Corner, March 4, 2010