[MadIsh32]

Exactly.

The GOP should stay out of the fray and stay silent while this debacle continues (which would have been the prudent strategy in October)

Once you see consistant 60%+ opposition to this debacle, bring out a market based alternative

[Vigilanteman]

I still believe the GOP had the right strategy in October for the following reasons:

1. We got to see the ugly face of totalitarian government barricading monuments and even scenic overlooks.
   
2. The GOP got their message out on ObaMaoCare.
   
3. We got to separate the wheat from the chaff in the final showdown to those who stood their ground and those like McCain who turned Quisling.

   Market based alternatives need to be floated when the next showdown is due in January.

   This will help us understand what will play to Jane and Joe Sixpack when the tipping point finally comes. I'm betting that expansion of the Flexible Savings Account would be one such alternative; even a baby step like moving the limit back to $2600 from the current $2500 per year.