On the horizon of America’s sometimes bizarre political landscape are two Supreme Court decisions with unusual implications.  Most conservatives and Republicans want the Court to rule that states can ban same-sex marriage and that Obama Care can’t subsidize the cost of health insurance in states that haven’t set up their own insurance exchanges.  Most liberals and Democrats are wishing for the opposite.  It may be that the political fortunes of the two parties will be better if they lose these cases than if they win. If Democrats and Liberals win both cases, then Republicans can continue to demonize the health care law for its imperfections and complain about activist judges who overturned the “will of the people” by allowing same-sex marriage. Republicans seem well prepared for losing in court, but not for the consequences of winning.  They have no plan for delivering affordable health care to low and middle-income Americans.  It isn’t free.  It is a fact that many people of modest means will suffer and die without health care if there is no tax-funded means to help pay for it.   Continue reading WILL LOSING IN COURT HELP WIN ELECTIONS? →