Democracy can only work if both sides are prepared to lose in the short term. The alternative is perpetual civil war.The decision by congressional Republicans to keep fighting ACA even after the Supreme Court ruled its subsidies were legal shows their contempt for democracy. If ballots and laws cannot settle issues a regime of law is impossible. There is a word for using ever means to secure one's ends and refusing to accept any outcome besides your preferred one. It is War. A Democratic Republic require's losers to accept their loser status and yes campaign in the future but refusing to accept victories by the other side ensures civil war as being the only way to effect change. The 'no compromise' position of the Tea faction shows the fragility of democracy. Democracy can only work if both sides are prepared to lose and lose gracefully.