ACA, nothing like Mittcare, gets past gang of 9

The affordable health care act passed constitutional muster today and Dana Milbank of the Washington Post had the best pun of the day: "In his confirmation hearing seven years ago, Roberts famously described himself as an umpire calling balls and strikes, employing humility and confronting “every case with an open mind.” Since then, many on the left have come to view Roberts as just a more affable version of Scalia, Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito. But in the case that counted most, the umpire struck back. "