GOP extremists willing to risk U.S. fiscal health

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September 30, 2013 - 12:00 AM

In the wee hours of Sunday morning members of the House were absolutely giddy of their 231-192 vote to immobilize the new health care act for one year as a precondition for keeping the U.S. government open for business.

Was something in the water?

Longtime Republican Sen. John McCain’s reaction to the GOP recalcitrance said it best: If the party wants proof of the general public’s feelings to the Affordable Care Act, look to the re-election of President Barack Obama in 2012.

“Elections have consequences, and those elections were clear,” McCain said last week. “A majority of the American people supported the president of the United States and renewed his stewardship of this country.”

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