Under-The-Rug Twist on Objections to Obamacare.

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Hot offa Twitter this PM, an angle under everybody's radar except digby's...

Alan Simpson's comment as observed via CNN's Ali Velshi, /url]

Simpson: We went to Ryan and Hensarling and Camp. I said to them look, if you vote against this because you were scared of Grover Norquist that he would beat you over the head while he's wandering the earth in his white robes and they said, "No. We voted against it because if you get rid of the employer deduction of employee health care premiums, the employers are going to be stunned. They're going to look around and say, 'what do we do now?' And they're gonna bloat Obamacare further. They're going to take their people into the new health care plan." That was their response.

And that's good enough for me. He can explain himself. He had his reasons.

Look at Durbin. Gutsy guy. He's the assistant leader of the Democrats in the senate. Think of what harry Reid must have done to him ...

Velshi: But we need gutsy!

Simpson: ... "Good God Durbin, you're messing with precious Medicare!"

Velshi: We need that leadership!

Simpson: Sure, but you're not going to get any guts out of anybody.