Letter to the Editor; Remembering passage of health care bill

To the Editor:

As we count down the days before Obamacare starts being enforced (10-1-13), lets review how close we were to not having it passed.

Al Franken was elected in a down-to-the-wire finish, in a Senate race for a key position that put the winner in a position to decide if Obamacare would become law or would be a near miss. The Republican candidate had a narrow margin, according to news reports, until about 1900 votes were discovered. These votes turned the lead to Mr. Franken and he was the 60th vote that was needed to pass Obamacare. This is not the first questionable election and both parties have profited from the results of other elections. However, we must remember Speaker Pelosi saying at the tenth hour that we must vote now and we will have time to read it after it is passed.

We should also remember that the Republican Party had no real input for Obamacare. Do you think that historians will examine this with a fine tooth comb and be asking for years why there was so little uproar from our citizens? Was your voice heard?

Gerald W. Ray

Spokane