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You have to give them credit--when something works, conservatives go back to it again and again. And nothing works for them like fear, which the Detroit News uses amply in its editorial on Judge Roger Vinson's recent wholly corporate/Koch brothers paid for decision declaring Obamacare unconstitutional. This is their close to the piece: "Interpreting the Constitution to allow it [Obamacare] would mean Congress could do almost anything it wanted." I'm not a scholar on the constitution, but this is your usual conservative total bullshit. In the first place, the Commerce Clause is going to restrict what Congress can do merely by the fact that not everything we do as humans is commerce (Congress couldn't mandate that we all wear nothing but red clothing, for example). And second, I'd make the case that Congress actually can make any law it wants by getting a majority of votes in both Houses and the President to sign it. It doesn't mean that Congress will--using the example above, those of us who like to wear blue, green, and yellow clothes aren't likely to vote for their re-election. And we're likely to make a huge stink about it. A loss of votes and bad publicity are not outcomes that any congressperson wants. Of course, I shouldn't complain too much--this could be one of those "be careful what you wish or you will surely get it" moments: the public option is definitely not a constitutional question. Peace, emaycee