Perhaps Mitch McConnell’s been watching Mad Men? “When you don’t have any power, delay,” a character intoned a few weeks back, and that seems to be the GOP’s new strategy on health care. According to Roll Call, the GOP has acknowledged that it cannot block a health-care bill outright and instead is implementing “a comprehensive political strategy to delay, define, and derail.” They’re hoping to define the plan as “a combination of Medicare cuts, tax increases, higher insurance premiums, and rising costs overall.” The piece notes that the GOP no longer expects to pick off moderate Democratic votes, even on measures like the public option.
