[Vision2020] Otter fights health care with "sue the feds" law

[Kenneth Marcy]

Anti-intellectual gov fights systemic improvement and consumer care

BOISE — Idaho took the lead in a growing, nationwide fight against 
health care overhaul Wednesday when its governor became the first to 
sign a measure requiring the state attorney general to sue the 
federal government if residents are forced to buy health insurance.

Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter, a Republican, said he believes any future 
lawsuit from Idaho has a legitimate shot of winning, despite what the 
naysayers say.

"The ivory tower folks will tell you, 'No, they're not going 
anywhere,' " he told reporters. "But I'll tell you what, you get 36 
states, that's a critical mass. That's a constitutional mass."

More on the story at: http://tinyurl.com/yfxsmer 

So, is the Idaho governor fantasizing that a federal constitutional 
amendment is going to be passed to prevent national health care? 
Astoundingly clueless as to the needs and desires of citizens 
statewide and nationally, and feckless as a freckle-faced fawn, 
Otter's response to the universal health care needs and the financial 
challenges they bring to citizens and providers alike is increasingly 
paradigmatic of what not to do to achieve substantive improvements.


Ken