Obamacare: The Final Battle/ Republicans have to explain why it’s bad — and explain it soon.

 Avik Roy at  National Review Online  "Mitt Romney said it best on Thursday. “If we want to get rid of Obamacare, we’re going to have to replace President Obama.” Those who have been sitting on the sidelines, out of complacency or loyalty to someone else from the primaries, must get out of their chairs and get to work. But while that work must end with Mitt Romney in the White House, it must begin with a Republican majority in the Senate."  ....
"Finally, we have to remind voters that conservatives stand for lowering the cost of insurance by removing costly mandates and by giving people freedom to sign up for the insurance plans of their choosing. Candidates for the Senate must bone up on these concepts and explain them as they campaign for office.

"Health care has long been outside of the Republican comfort zone. We find it easier to talk about taxes and the debt. But if we are to repeal Obamacare and gain a mandate for our own reforms, it’s not enough to say “Obamacare is a government takeover” or “I support Mitt Romney’s plan.” It’s important to explain why  Obamacare will make health care more costly, and why free-market reforms are better.

"If we don’t, we will lose. And if we lose, we will be stuck with Obamacare forever. And, even worse, we will have deserved it."   (Emphasis added)

From Politico/MSNBC; Schumer: Repeal would be a GOP disaster   "Schumer also argued that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would be hamstrung in his ability to attack President Barack Obama on health care, pointing out that he pushed an individual mandate as governor of Massachusetts.

" "Mitt Romney is in a pickle here," Schumer said."

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