Thu May 05, 2011 at 01:57:42 PM EDT
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Jon Runyan arrived in Washington this year, trusting his Republican colleagues to give good advice to the novice politician. Instead, they told him to vote for a budget that abolishes Medicare and replaces it with a private voucher program. That plan went nowhere because the public hates it, and now his leadership has left him high and dry:
Responding Thursday to the news that one of his most powerful chairmen, Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) of the House Ways and Means Committee, will not push ahead with the Medicare plan, [Speaker John] Boehner told reporters, "My interpretation of what Mr. Camp [said] was a recognition of the political realities that we face. While Republicans control the House, the Democrats control the Senate and they control the White House."
Right-wingers in the South might not pay a price for pushing their extreme plans, but Mr. Runyan has to run for re-election in a swing district. He'd better learn to think for himself quickly. |
| Hopeful :: About now, Runyan realizes he's a chump |
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