By Brigham Narins
So it’s November, kind of a busy month: On the 4thwe had the mid-term elections—the Republicans came away pretty happy, the Democrats not so much. And on the 15ththe second open enrollment period began for ObamaCare.
Among the happy Republicans was Mitch McConnell. Not only did he win his reelection race, he is also expected to be confirmed as the new majority leader in the Senate, a position he has reportedly coveted his entire political life.
On November 5, the day after the election, McConnell and Speaker of the House John Boehner published an op-ed piece in theWall Street Journalin which the two congressional leaders renewed “our commitment to repeal ObamaCare, which is hurting the job market along with Americans’ health care.” Elaborating somewhat on that point, they wrote that “[h]ealth costs . . . continue to rise under a hopelessly flawed law that Americans have never supported.”