Yesterday Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, appeared to attempt to act like a leader by throwing cold water on the government shutdown plan, which many Republicans have endorsed as a way to stop the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
"The problem is the bill that would shut down the government wouldn't shut down Obamacare," Mr. McConnell told a group of healthcare workers in southern Kentucky. "Most of it is permanent law and not affected by that. It also wouldn't stop the taxes. Taxes that are going in on medical devices, taxes that are going in on health insurance premiums."
According to WYMT, Mr. McConnell even copped to sort of liking certain aspects of the president's health reform law.
"There are a handful of things in the 2,700-page bill that probably are okay," Mr. McConnell said.
Will wonders never cease? Yes, in fact, they will.
After sounding sensible for a second, Mr. McConnell told The Washington Post's Greg Sargent that he did not mean to "take sides in the dispute over whether to stage a shutdown confrontation. He was merely stating a fact — that even if the government is shut down, it won't stop the funding of Obamacare."
To recap: Mr. McConnell knows the shutdown won't work as intended, but he's not willing to actually come down against it.
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