Senator Pryor of Arkansas is one of those embattled Democrats whose fate in November will decide which party controls the United States Senate. Pryor comes from a famous Arkansas political family and he is known by essentially everyone in that state. Pryor's Republican opponent, Tom Cotton, is a one term congressman who went to Washington after his service in the armed forces. Like many of the senate campaigns around the country, the one in Arkansas seems to be focused to a great extent on the issues surrounding Obamacare. Pryor, of course, provided the final vote necessary to pass Obamacare into law.
The terrible reception which Obamacare has received in Arkansas as people there came to understand what the law truly meant for their healthcare would normally have had someone in Pryor's position attempting to move away from his all our support of the law. Pryor, however, has not made that move. Indeed, Pryor was asked the other day if he would have voted for Obamacare if he had known at the time what he knows now about the flaws in that statute. Pryor said that he sill would have voted for the law.
One can look at Pryor's statement as a testament to the honesty and integrity of the senator who still believes that Obamacare will work. Of course, one could also view the statement as proof that senator Pryor is so stubborn that he is going to stick with his original position even after it has become clear that Obamacare has caused more harm than good. There are also those who will conclude that Pryor's statement is just absolute proof that the man is an idiot. After all, no matter what he thinks about Obamacare, he has to know that announcing his continued support for the law in Arkansas will not win him new friends or votes. You decide for yourself which it is. Personally, I think that Pryor cannot grasp the idea that the law has caused so much suffering and harm. He stubbornly believes his ideology rather than his eyes.
The terrible reception which Obamacare has received in Arkansas as people there came to understand what the law truly meant for their healthcare would normally have had someone in Pryor's position attempting to move away from his all our support of the law. Pryor, however, has not made that move. Indeed, Pryor was asked the other day if he would have voted for Obamacare if he had known at the time what he knows now about the flaws in that statute. Pryor said that he sill would have voted for the law.
One can look at Pryor's statement as a testament to the honesty and integrity of the senator who still believes that Obamacare will work. Of course, one could also view the statement as proof that senator Pryor is so stubborn that he is going to stick with his original position even after it has become clear that Obamacare has caused more harm than good. There are also those who will conclude that Pryor's statement is just absolute proof that the man is an idiot. After all, no matter what he thinks about Obamacare, he has to know that announcing his continued support for the law in Arkansas will not win him new friends or votes. You decide for yourself which it is. Personally, I think that Pryor cannot grasp the idea that the law has caused so much suffering and harm. He stubbornly believes his ideology rather than his eyes.
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