[honestabe010]

ted cruz did not fight the fight when it was actually up in the air for obamacare to pass, people like tom coburn did, and all Cruz is doing is being a political opportunist, he practically admits that himself with him voting for the resolution he spoke 22 hrs against. Read a little bit, familiarize yourself with power and politics and do not be so trusting of Harvard grads with Texas drawls.

[nathanbedford]

When the affordable care act came up for passage in December 2009- March 2010, Cruz was in private practice in Texas, just what the hell did you want him to do to "fight the fight" about what was occurring in the House and in the Senate?

Cruz affiliated himself with the Heritage Foundation and began to campaign against Obamacare in the summer of this year. Half the people who criticize him call him an upstart, now you call him a Johnny-come-lately, which is it?

I suggest you "read a little bit and familiarize yourself" with the times of which you so authoritatively speak.

You have no evidence whatsoever documenting that Ted Cruz is an "opportunist."

There is no such thing as a politician who is not an opportunist in one sense of the word. When George Washington showed up at the Continental Congress when they were looking for a general to command the Army was it coincidence that he was wearing his uniform, or was he an opportunist?

When Abraham Lincoln made his speech at Cooper Union which helped propel him into the presidency, was he an opportunist?

There is no politician who was more of an opportunist than Winston Churchill, thank God he was exactly that. When asked to agree that Lord Halifax would be a better Prime Minister then he in 1940, Churchill remained stony faced and got the job. Was he an opportunist?

If Ted Cruz is an opportunist, give me an army of them and a world of opportunities will open for all of us.