Pull the Plug on Obamacare; Health Care Takeover Law Needs Scrapping, Not Tweaking

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Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Obamacare quickly emerged as the first major issue of the congressional transition. The president says tweak

it. We say scrap it.

As was widely predicted, Obamacare turned out to be a quick retirement plan for the moderate Democrats who were strong-armed into supporting it. The GOP tidal wave did not buoy the fortunes of Rep. Anh Joseph Cao, the only Republican who cast a vote supporting the health care bill, who also lost his seat. A number of pre- and post-election polls showed that Obamacare was not the electoral elixir that Democratic congressional leaders promised a year ago. A USA Today-Gallup survey on the public's …