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WSJ on Obamacare: Told Ya So!

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The Supremes agree this is a real issue.

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With the Supreme Court agreeing to consider the constitutionality of President Obama’s health-care reform, Wall Street Journal editorialists are in the mood to gloat. The court’s move “makes those who cavalierly dismissed the very idea of a challenge two years ago look, well, constitutionally challenged.” Lower-circuit judges—both Republicans and Democrats—have been split, the editorial points out, and the Supremes are allowing for an unprecedented five and a half hours to hear oral arguments. If the Journal is already running victory laps now, what will it do if the law is actually overturned?

Read it at The Wall Street Journal