Like many Americans, I’m frustrated that late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel is currently having such an outsized influence on the national health policy debate. His moving story about his son Billy’s health problems and his large platform have made him one of Obamacare’s most important defenders, even though Kimmel is obviously no expert on health insurance markets or federal healthcare policy.

But I can’t be mad at Kimmel. He’s only doing what anyone in his position might do. If you were convinced that a particular law was responsible for saving your infant child’s life, or the lives of similarly situated children, you’d defend it.