WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican governor of Ohio says it would be a mistake for the Senate to move ahead on health and “force a one-sided deal that the American people are clearly against.”
In a statement on Monday, Gov. John Kasich says Republicans and Democrats should work together openly to address the failings of the Obama health law and come up with a bipartisan solution.
Kasich, who sought the GOP presidential nomination last year, said the American people will come out on the losing end if Republicans try to force a vote without open dialogue and transparency.
Kasich’s comments add pressure to Ohio’s Republican senator, Rob Portman, ahead of the vote.
The problem is that the GOP and Democrats don’t agree on what the failings are.
The Democrats think it fails in providing a simple, cost-effective means for ensuring all Americans have access to basic health care, and want to work towards a system that accomplishes that goal.
The Republicans think it fails in that it provides health care to Americans, and want to blow it up and let people who can’t afford health care go without.
It’s the same thing over and over again any time these “they should work together to find a solution” lines come up – the sides don’t agree on what the problem is, so how can they agree on a solution?
Kasich (i.e. Croatian Jesus) is trying so hard to position himself as the surviving GOP leader when the Trump administration crumbles. For all of Kasich’s public statements, check his record in Ohio. He’s no heroic moderate.