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
@McCormackJohn Exactly. i.e., if Obamacare is deceptive, it's conceptually deceptive, and Romneycare equally so.
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) November 18, 2014
Nice try, pal.
@jonathanchait who do you think best understood the bill that became law: Gruber, Pelosi, Baucus, or Obama?
— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) November 18, 2014
Well, it certainly wasn’t Pelosi, Baucus, or Obama …
@McCormackJohn @Yousefzadeh @jonathanchait apparently no one played a direct role in writing the law. This law wrote itself!
— Labor Conservative (@Ggoblue) November 18, 2014
A-ha!
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