McConnell, Cornyn & McCain stand with Dems in SUPPORT of fully funding Obamacare

It's now crystal clear where these GOP so-called leaders in the Senate stand. They refuse to support Cruz and Lee in any meaningful effort to prevent Reid and Democrats from restoring funds to Obamacare, which were stripped out of the House bill passed last week...

Here's McConnell and Cornyn's treachery...

Breitbart: A source in Congress tells Breitbart News that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn are using their leadership positions to pressure other Republicans to oppose Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in his campaign to defund Obamacare.

"Right now in the Senate, Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn are actively whipping Senators to shut down debate on the House continuing resolution so that Harry Reid can gut it with just 51 votes,” a senior congressional staffer with intimate knowledge of the situation said in an email to Breitbart News.

McConnell and Cornyn stated earlier Monday that they oppose a possible filibuster from Cruz to keep Reid from adding language funding the Affordable Care Act to the continuing resolution passed by the House of Representatives.

Instead of helping Cruz with their power as Senate GOP leaders, McConnell and Cornyn are working against him, this senior staffer said. But in the end, they will try to make it appear as though they do not support funding Obamacare by voting against Reid’s amendment after allowing Reid to implement it. “Once it's a 51-vote threshold, both McConnell and Cornyn will hide behind a 'no' vote on Reid's amendment—so they will have yet another show vote,” the staffer said.

Related link: Oh my: McConnell, Cornyn won’t join Cruz and Lee in filibustering House’s CR to defund ObamaCare

Shortly following their announcements, McCain joined in...

TheBlaze: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., took the same position in comments to reporters. “How can I vote against a bill that I support?” he asked rhetorically.

McCain surely knows Cruz is not asking his fellow senators to vote “no” on a bill that defunds Obamacare. Rather, Cruz is asking Republicans to essentially filibuster the bill to prevent Democrats from rewriting the bill and restoring funding to Obama’s health care overhaul, which they intend to do. The move seeks to force Democrats to vote for the bill as passed by the House, which funds the government other than Obamacare.

Related link: John McCain hates Ted Cruz

Win, lose or draw, don't miss the point. Cruz's strategy is two-fold: 1.) force Senate Democrats, particularly those facing reelection next year, to cast an up-or-down vote on the House's CR with Obamacare defunding intact, and 2.) provide an opportunity for Senate Republicans to unite together on principle and produce a meaningful vote towards the defund effort.

However, with the actions of GOP leaders in the Senate, they've enabled a two-fold strategy of their own: thwart conservatives, while aiding their Democratic counterparts. Can you really call them counterparts, though, when the results of their actions, or rather inactions, only secure Big Government statist control? These Republicans, and too many like them, are fellow statists of Washington's ruling class with their own grand visions for government control when or if they regain power. They care little for limited government...and thus, less for liberty.

Kentucky...Texas...next year, you have a real opportunity to return McConnell and Cornyn to private life, replacing them with Senators who will abide by and respect some semblance of principle. Sorry Arizona...you're stuck with McCain until Obama's out (said it before and I'll say it again, should have gone with Hayworth when you had the chance).