Andrew DeMillo says the defeat of David Meeks’s bill to absolve Arkansans of the mandate included in federal health care reform was actually good for both Republicans and Gov. Beebe. The state GOP got an opportunity to do the same thing the Republicans did in Washington: make a basically meaningless gesture against health care reform. Beebe got through the debate without taking a really strong position on the issue.

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