By the end of this month, the Supreme Court will have rendered its verdict on whether President Obama’s signature health care law will live on, and if so, in what form.

But beyond the actual implications for medical care in the United States, the decision will also have a striking effect on the country’s financial bottom line.

Brian Beutler explains.

TPM Reader JR replies to my post on campaign messaging from earlier today …

I appreciated Josh’s blog post today on the handwringing in some circles about the Obama campaign’s messaging.

But I have an alternative that is more charitable to the campaign and frankly I would bet a more accurate take than what Josh offered.

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Being President.

Ryan Reilly does a deep dive on a federal public corruption investigation in Arizona that included a sting complete with a front company — and that may not be over yet.

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) to Jamie Dimon: “We can hardly sit in judgment of your losing $2 billion. We lose twice that every day in Washington.”

Feds drop case against John Edwards.

It was a passing comment, but it really should close the door on today’s Big Political Story&reg.

By way of background, at a breakfast roundtable today, a reporter for another outlet asked CBO director Doug Elmendorf if his agency has detected that the health care law has had an adverse impact on business. “We don’t think that the health care law is having a significant impact on the economy today,” he said.

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A quick look at the most obsequious treatment Jamie Dimon received from senators today:

Hard for me to imagine that business leaders like Dimon don’t find these guys to be pathetic, too, and ridicule them privately. But maybe I’m just projecting.