In today’s Wall Street Journal, my friend Tevi Troy and Scott Gottlieb unwittingly demonstrate why King v. Burwell has always been a dangerous case for advocates of repeal.  As they highlight, a favorable ruling at the Supreme Court may give Republicans just enough rope to hang themselves. 

President Obama’s biggest political mistake of his entire administration was his refusal to accept the outstretched hands of many Republican senators who were more than willing to compromise with him on Obamacare.  Obama instead spurned them and arrogantly insisted on ramming Obamacare through both houses of Congress purely on the strength of Democratic votes.  If he had compromised just enough to make Obamacare, say, 80 percent as bad as it actually is, his centerpiece legislation would now have a bipartisan gloss, would never have been so unpopular, and would not be so vulnerable to full repeal.  Advocates of limited government and liberty should be extremely grateful that Obama so foolishly overreached.