Pelosi’s first mistake here is assuming Ted Kennedy went to heaven (see Chappaquiddick).
(CNSNews.com) — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that “It’s pretty exciting” that the Supreme Court upheld the health-care law’s individual mandate as a tax, saying now Sen. Ted Kennedy can “rest in peace.”
“I knew that when he left us he would go to heaven and help pass the bill,” Pelosi said of the late Massachusetts Democratic senator.
“Now I know he was busily at work until this decision came down, inspiring one way or another. And now he can rest in peace.”
Pelosi, who had previously predicted a 6-3 victory for Obamacare, said the decision was “no surprise.” The Minority Leader cited “interstate commerce” in defending the constitutionality of the law, despite the Supreme Court’s ruling that the mandate is not justified under the Commerce Clause.