On the eve of the Supreme Court hearing arguments for and against the Affordable Care Act, Paul Krugman reminds us why, even with its flaws, the act is something to cheer for, and why the wingnut/teatard opposition (a.k.a., the Rethuglican base) has had to resort to making things up:
"It’s said that you can judge a man by the quality of his enemies. If the same principle applies to legislation, the Affordable Care Act — which was signed into law two years ago, but for the most part has yet to take effect — sits in a place of high honor.
"Now, the act — known to its foes as Obamacare, and to the cognoscenti as ObamaRomneycare — isn’t easy to love, since it’s very much a compromise, dictated by the perceived political need to change existing coverage and challenge entrenched interests as little as possible. But the perfect is the enemy of the good; for all its imperfections, this reform would do an enormous amount of good. And one indicator of just how good it is comes from the apparent inability of its opponents to make an honest case against it."
