Predictably, John Spratt defied his constituents once again and decided to placate San Francisco liberals and his gate keeper Nancy Pelosi.  He of course voted in favor of the health care destruction bill.  Despite his coyness, Spratt intended all along to vote for the bill.  He was never undecided or on the fence.

This bill will force you to buy health insurance that is only approved by the Federal government.  If you don’t buy it you’ll be fined by the IRS and sent to jail if you don’t pay the fine.  Over 15,000 new IRS agents will have to be hired to enforce this new provision, an explosive growth in the Federal government.  Your health insurance premiums will continue to rise.  And this is all just the tip of the iceberg.

Spratt is one of the incumbents who will be most impacted by the legislation’s final drive. Facing a tough re-election campaign this fall against state Sen. Mick Mulvaney (R), Spratt has been unapologetically in favor of passing a reform measure, and intimately involved in the process too. If GOPers are going to take back the House, they will need to argue that long-time members like Spratt have lost touch with their districts, and that the health care bill is proof. Spratt won’t make it easy for the GOP, but he’s in for a much tougher re-election contest than he’s had for quite some time.

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