JLF president John Hood on Gov. Bev Perdue’s veto of the Health Care Protection Act, aka the bill challenging Obamacare:
Because it now seems likely that the appellate courts will be ruling on the federal mandate’s constitutionality sooner rather than later, perhaps Democrats will conclude that supporting the president won’t cost them much. They might think that regardless of whether ObamaCare is struck down, a vote to uphold Perdue’s veto will be seen as a moot point in a few months.
Well, maybe. But if the law is declared unconstitutional, those who voted to defend it will look foolish, or worse. And even if the court challenge to the president’s signature legislation fails, ObamaCare will be a major political issue for many years to come.
It’s also a total joke that the governor vetoed the bill on a Saturday, when she thought nobody was looking.
