The Real Deal Appeal Of Repeal, Part 6

Orange Julius and his sidekick Eric Cantor have now gone all in on total repeal of health care reform.

The top two House Republicans signed onto two petitions to force votes to repeal Democrats' healthcare reform law in its entirety.

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said they had signed onto discharge petitions set to be offered by members of their conference, one of which would seek to repeal health reform in its entirety.

Boehner and Cantor said they'd back discharge petitions by Reps. Steve King (R-Iowa) and Wally Herger (R-Calif.), a method to force a vote in the House. A majority of the House — 218 members — must sign onto a discharge petition, though, to force a vote, meaning that a vote on repeal in the House would be a steep climb.

"The American people asked Congress and President Obama not to pass the massive healthcare overhaul, and they were ignored," Boehner and Cantor said in a statement. "Three months later, they remain opposed to it, worried about the consequences it is having for job creation, the national debt, and the cost and quality of their healthcare.

"The House should immediately vote on and pass legislation that would implement the will of the American people with respect to the president’s healthcare law," the pair added. 

Which is funny, because the American people have started embracing the health care reform legislation recently, which more or less renders the GOP argument moot.   The will of the American people is that they now like the law, since apparently we're now passing or repealing laws based entirely on poll numbers, according to Republicans.  They favor it 48%-41%.  He's lying when he says the American people remain opposed to it.

I guess it hasn't occurred to OJ and Kid Can't here.  Makes it easy for the Dems to continue to counterattack on this.  That's the GOP solution to health care:  repeal!