Boehner: ObamaCare Is 'Law of the Land'

But he still wants #fullrepeal
By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 9, 2012 6:00 AM CST
Boehner: ObamaCare Is 'Law of the Land'
John Boehner, R-Ohio, meets with reporters as Congress prepares to shut down until after the elections in November, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A single sentence has been garnering much attention: John Boehner told ABC News yesterday that "ObamaCare is the law of the land," prompting many to wonder whether the Republicans' tone on health-care reform was changing. Not so fast, it looks like. The Boehner camp released a statement soon after, saying, "Speaker Boehner and House Republicans remain committed to repealing the law." And Boehner later tweeted that "our goal remains #fullrepeal." But the Huffington Post notes a "softened" tone in Boehner's rhetoric, and Politico suggests he "seems to have given up" on repeal. (More John Boehner stories.)

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