jewishness: you are pulling the classic conspiracy theory card- calling those who disagree with you naive. Unfortunately you are the one who is naive. Do you really think the President of the US blackmailed the Chief Justice of the United Staes?! Blackmail?! Really?! We can come up with many rational theories as to why Roberts came out with the ruling that he did. (maybe he actually believes it’s a tax- i know that’s just me being naive)But to say that he was blackmailed is just foolish. Anyone who knows anything about Justice Roberts (and I get the feeling you don’t) knows he is a stand-up individual. He said at his confirmation hearings that his job as Supreme Court Justice would be to call balls and strikes, come up with narrow rulings, not overturn precedent, and try to find laws constitutional. That is exactly what he did, there’s no need to resort to childish conspiracy theories.
PS I happen to vehemently disagree with Roberts on the tax issue, but that doesn’t mean I have to throw all rationality out the window.
Yaakov- Constitutionally, there’s a big difference. State governements have the power to pretty much do anything. There’s no question that Romneycare is constitutional. Policywise, you’re right there’s not much of a difference; as much as Romney likes to pretend there is.