The Next Move On The Chessboard

With Democrats emboldened and having located their backbones once again, it's time for the Republicans to throw out another crazy batch of distraction in order to keep the Town Hall Blitzers coming. John Cole certainly called it as the Republicans play the "Free Health Care For Twenty Million Illegal Mexicans!" lie.

Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) on Tuesday defended critics of Democratic health care reform plans who claim the proposals would provide subsidized health care to illegal immigrants. Kyl said Democrats have long sought to block curbs on public services for people illegally in the country.

“It’s a logical question for people to ask,” Kyl said during a conference call with reporters, maintaining that during last year’s State Children’s Health Insurance Program debate and other legislative fights, Democrats blocked efforts by Republicans to include curbs on health care for illegal immigrants.

Precisely zero of the proposals before Congress include this, but Republicans are going to do everything in their power to whip up more "us vs. them" hysteria by making this an immigration issue.

The GOP is throwing everything in their playbook at stopping health care reform. They are now fully committed to the total failure of the President's entire domestic agenda.

They believe if they sabotage the country, you will vote for them, just like in 2008.

[UPDATE 3:06 PM] The lesson here for the GOP is simple: lie as much as possible.