the final passage right now will only have americans voting for it. they know we have to pay our bills and we re going to do that and whether or not it involves raising the debt ceiling or getting rid of it all together is neither here nor there. some americans have to get up every day and pay their bills. average voters say if my mortgage comes in, i have to pay or i m going to get kicked out. that part of it i think they understand, maybe it is just not enough for them to raise astick a stink about it. yeah, it s true, look david, go ahead. it has not proven to be an issue that informs people s votes until we hit an mccrisis.
down, can the rest of the law remain in effect? can it vooifr? it sounds like at least one justice believes it can. there s so many things in this act that unquestionably okay. we concede that reauthorizing the indian health care improvement act changes to the black long benefits. why make congress redo those? it s a question of whether we say everything you did is no good, now start from scratch. and once again, we have jeff toobin outside the supreme court. i know court observers, they re not surprised by the support from justice ginsburg, you know, a liberal. what did you read when you were listening so closely to those questions from the other justices. what did you hear today? well, to me, the most important thing that i heard in this morning was anthony kennedy, the all important swing vote asking question after question about what happens when we declare the individual mandate unconstitutional. now, it could be that he was just speculating about the possibility o