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Democrats reached for the sky, grabbed at the rainbow and come back to earth empty-handed. That's right, ObamaCare was too good to be true, or at least too lame to be constitutional. The entire shebang got tossed to the curb today...

At issue was whether the government is reaching beyond its constitutional power to regulate interstate commerce by requiring citizens to purchase health insurance or face tax penalties.

Attorneys for President Barack Obama's administration had argued that the health care system was part of the interstate commerce system. They said the government can levy a tax penalty on Americans who decide not to purchase health insurance because all Americans are consumers of medical care.

But attorneys for the states said the administration was essentially coercing the states into participating in the overhaul by holding billions of Medicaid dollars hostage. The states also said the federal government is violating the Constitution by forcing a mandate on the states without providing money to pay for it.

A victory only temporarily, true; but this is the 2nd strike against this monstrosity. First, the measure was repealed in the people's House (nassty old leftist Harry Reid is trying his best to keep it off the floor of the Senate, to stifle any more debate). Now a 26-state win that forces the best and brightest minds in the nation to finish it off.

Let's look ahead to the Supreme Court, shall we? I call a 5-4 decision against BHO. And if we're good, we also get limitations of any further commerce clause overreaches.

If that happens, then the lefty's whinings will be music to my ears, and bring a smile to my stone face.

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(Obama gobsmacked-face spotted at POWIP)