Except it wasn’t, Obamacare was passed using reconciliation in the Senate after Scott Brown was elected, which means they only needed a simple majority, and it squeaked by the House 219-212.

Via Daily Beast:

. . . Sometime near the end of his 21-hour speech, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) took a question from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who offered him a quick reminder of what was really happening: “This is not a filibuster. This is an agreement you and I made to talk.”

There’s nothing wrong with stunts in politics. But unlike Sen. Rand Paul’s filibuster against drone strikes and the nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA, or Wendy Davis’s against an anti-abortion rights bill and misogyny in the Texas state capital, Cruz wasn’t working toward a concrete goal or trying to highlight a particular issue. The Affordable Care Act is law. It was passed by large majorities in both chambers of Congress and signed by the president of United States. It survived a Supreme Court challenge and was relitigated in a national election. Yes, voters don’t know much about the law, but they know where both sides stand: Republicans oppose it, Democrats don’t.

HT: JWF