We’ll Oppose Health Care Bill Even If You Meet All Our Demands

The Senate Republican leader made clear on Wednesday that his party, despite all its griping over the public health insurance option, abortion-funding or health care for illegal immigrants, is simply and flatly opposed to the “core” of the Democratic health care reform proposal.

Satisfying every Republican demand short of scrapping the entire project, said Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), would still not capture GOP support.

“Senator Kyl and some of the others have talked about some of the things that are happening in committee,” McConnell told reporters, referring to Senate Finance Committee Republican Jon Kyl of Arizona.

“But the core point is this: At the end of the day, if the government plan is either in the bill or out of the bill, whether they will be able to argue successfully or not whether tax funds are gonna be provided for abortion, whether or not they will be able to argue at the end that dollars for health care for illegals is in or out, what we do know is what the core of the bill is going to look like. We know that for sure,” he said.

And the bottom line, said McConnell, is that Republicans don’t like the bill at all.