American Republican Elephant SymbolI read with interest my distinguished colleague House Republican Caucus Chairman Glen Casada's column touting the supposed achievements of the Republican majority in the Tennessee legislature. Casada has performed his duty to his party by attempting to gloss over the extraordinary failures of Republican leadership, but the facts speak for themselves.
Failure: Insure Tennessee
Gov. Bill Haslam has observed that the support for his Insure Tennessee plan, which would bring health care to over a quarter-million Tennesseans at no cost to the taxpayers, is "overwhelming."
In fact, whether you talk to business leaders, health care experts or just citizens who want the most for their tax dollars, it's hard to find someone who is against Insure Tennessee other than the extreme Republican leaders who are blocking the governor's plan in the Tennessee House and Senate.
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