However U.S. Rep. Mike Ross slices it — for or against health reform legislation — the Republican Party of Arkansas is sure of one doggone thing.  He’s wrong. When you don’t have a plan of your own to defend, this sort of criticism is cheap and easy.

If Ross had any threat of meaningful opposition, his legislative trickery (helping the bill out of committee but refusing to commit to vote for it) might cause him a political headache or two.

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(Fans of “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” will get the headline, I think.)

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