Republicans in the shadow of healthcare

I'm excited to see the political fallout of the healthcare bill... I don't think November will be as rosy as the GOP believes.  On the question of whether it will hurt the Dems because they now own healthcare, and when insurance companies screw people over now people might blame it on the democrats, even though the insurance company may be screwing them over less than if the bill hadn't passed, my feeling is that I'd rather be behind a party that took the bull by the horns and is willing to take responsibility and make our country better than the party that doesn't want to take political risks.

"The head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, offered a similar argument. “When this bill goes into effect, and none of the things Republicans warned about begin to happen — none of the death panels, none of the government takeover, none of the socialism — Republicans will have no credibility,” Mr. Menendez said.

The final deliberations, which drew protesters from across the country, including many Tea Party activists, cast an angry tone to the proceedings that also stirred concern among some Republicans. Some Democratic lawmakers said they had been taunted with racial epithets and homophobic slurs as they walked into the Capitol over the weekend to vote. Representative Randy Neugebauer, Republican of Texas, shouted out “baby-killer” on the House floor when Representative Bart Stupak of Michigan, one of the most fervent Democratic opponents of abortion in the House, outlined a deal he had worked out with the White House, which he said assured that the health care bill would not finance abortions.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/us/politics/23repubs.html?hp