ObamaCare repeal heads to Obama: Why not criticize his veto instead of the bill?

Even though this is the first time the full Congress has actually passed an ObamaCare repeal and sent it to the president for his signature (which, of course, it will not get), we've heard this media narrative many times before following repeal votes in the House: Those ridiculous Republicans keep wasting time on meaningless ObamaCare repeal votes when they could be doing the business of the American people, etc. The narrative is always the same. Since everyone knows Obama won't sign the repeal, the Republicans are stupid, reckless and irresponsible for even bothering to vote on the bills. But consider the logic you have to accept in order to embrace this narrative. First, how is ObamaCare working out for the country? If you judge it solely on the question of whether more people are "covered" than before, hey, it's a smashing success. If you judge it on how it's affected premiums, on whether people who wanted to keep their health plans were able to do so, on how it's affecting availability of care, on the fiscal viability of the exchanges or on its budget impact, ObamaCare is an utter disaster.

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