Legislative Looney Tunes

“BREAKING: House Votes to Repeal Health Care Law!" Not that it matters, mind you. But that’s how most media outlets are trumpeting the news. Today, the House voted 245 to 189 to approve what Republicans ridiculously call "The Job-Killing Health Care Law Act." (I swear, every time I see this in print, I think of that dreadfully titled Brad Pitt movie: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. But that’s just me.) The House vote is utterly symbolic. Even if the bill passed in the Senate (rest assured, it won’t), the president would veto it quicker than the average Republican blowhard could say “Obamacare.” If Hollywood decided to lampoon these shenanigans, they’d need to rehire Mr. Pitt and come up with a better title for the repeal bill and the movie: "The Attempted Assassination of the Sensible Democratic Health Care Law by the Republican Coward John Boehner and his Confused Tea Party Posse". Now, that sings.