John Kerry

Outcome of Supreme Court’s review of ObamaCare could hinge on 2004 election

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While history cannot say that Kerry would have pursued universal health care in the same manner as Obama, history can show he would have gotten at least one of the two Supreme Court appointments made by Bush had the senator won the 2004 election.

Yesterday, as a conservative instead of liberal court weighed the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, Kerry sat in the Supreme Court’s chamber, hanging on the oral arguments, instead of back at the White House as a second-term president, feeling confidence in the outcome of the debate.

In 2004, at least, the outcome of an important future debate may, in fact, have hinged on the results of a presidential election.