My senior senator puts on his finest Concern Troll costume:
The White House may renege on passing fixes to the Senate's healthcare bill once the House has passed it, Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) claimed Thursday.
More:
Gregg, the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, suggested that President Barack Obama may back off making changes to the Senate bill through the reconciliation process, which the White House and the Senate have said they would use to make changes to the Senate bill in order to placate House members.
"They're using reconciliation to pass the great big bill," Gregg said during an appearance on CNBC. "Once they pass the great big bill, I wouldn't be surprised if the White House didn't care if reconciliation passed. I mean, why would they?"
This fact-free absurdity was obviously directed at nervous House Dems, who, to be frank, have little reason to trust the other chamber (or perhaps I should say, 290 little reasons). And just one more reason Congrescritters should turn off the TeeVees in their offices, imo.
Judd Gregg, meanwhile, appears to divest himself of shame and honor more and more the closer he gets to being on the losing side of the health care battle.
When he's gotten so desperate as to try to telegraph paranoia to House Dems via the cable news in an obvious effort to depress the requisite votes needed, you know the GOP leadership hasn't much left in their arsenal to stop President Obama and the Democrats from fulfilling a major campaign promise to the American people who voted them into office.
(Crossposted from my Granite outpost, Blue Hampshire)
p.s. As a parting gift, please enjoy this side order of blatant hypocrisy: