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++Ted Cruz just ended his 21 hour monologue in time to speak on Rush Limbaugh's radio show. For my druthers, I take Bernie Sanders' faux- filibuster on extending the Bush tax cuts. At least Senator Sanders prepared for his talk with economic data and got a book out of it.

++House Republicans plan to attach an amendment to delay Obamacare for one year, putting the exchanges in dire jeopardy. This would in fact screw up the health insurance industry who have taken three years to prepare for this eventuality. The whole point of kicking off the exchanges in 2013 was to avoid an election year. 

++Now House Republicans are scheming to condition a debt ceiling vote on a number of noxious elements. Another shot at Obamacare,adding the Keystone pipeline. Think of whatever would further destroy the economy and they will include it.

++The GOP approval rating is around 9% right now. Only 16% say shutting down the government over Obamacare is a good idea. When John McCain's alter-ego Mark Salter feels he has to write an op-ed going after the Tea Party and Ted Cruz, you know a civil war has erupted in the GOP.

++The NYTimes/CBS poll has 80% of all Americans,83% of all independents, and 75% of all Republicans believing that the GOP threatening a government shutdown is unacceptable. 70 to 23% believe the GOP is not trying to work with President Obama , while 51% believe that President Obama is trying to work with the GOP.

++Former President Bill Clinton and President Obama spent an hour explaining the Affordable Healthcare Act at the Clinton Global Initiative. If you can access the tape, do so because it explains what's at stake and why Obamacare is important.

++The preliminary numbers for the healthcare changes are out today. 95% of Americans' healthcare premiums will be 16% lower than was expected. The average of healthcare premiums will be $328 and young healthy people will pay about the cost of their cellphone bill. That's without the tax credits.

++But Bill Clinton made an important point. Because the Supreme Court allowed states to refuse Medicaid assistance for poorer citizens, you have the bizarre probability that the poorer citizens might lose out on the Affordable Care Act unless they live in states where the governors have bought into this aspect of the healthcare law.