'This law wrote itself!' Jonathan Chait can't keep his Gruber stories straight

Sarah D. | 11:23 AM on November 18, 2014

New York Magazine’s Jonathan Chait’s legs must be really, really sore. After all, all that backpedaling is bound to take a toll.

Chait 11/13: Gruber was "author of Obamacare." https://t.co/pUIyw4WB4x Chait today: Gruber played "no direct role in writing the law."

— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) November 18, 2014

Here’s what Chait wrote less than a week ago:

What did the author of Obamacare confess to? http://t.co/V8Nz49ymvz pic.twitter.com/K7ObyOCSrq

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) November 13, 2014

And today:

So it's true Gruber designed Obamacare conceptually, also true he played no direct role in writing the law.

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) November 18, 2014

My, how things have changed! One thing’s remained consistent, though: Chait’s hackery.

@jonathanchait The Times reported he helped Congress "draft the specifics" of the legislation http://t.co/FS1z0vvPjQ

— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) November 18, 2014

@McCormackJohn "This assignment primarily involved asking his graduate student researchers to tweak his model’s software code."

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) November 18, 2014

@jonathanchait Obama 2012 campaign also said Gruber "helped write Obamacare" https://t.co/RqBnRmG4bx

— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) November 18, 2014

@McCormackJohn Do you actually think he wrote the law from his own living room?

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) November 18, 2014

@jonathanchait The history is clear: he helped come up with basic principles and helped Congress write some of the specifics.

— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) November 18, 2014