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

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

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

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) November 13, 2014

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

@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

@jonathanchait who do you think best understood the bill that became law: Gruber, Pelosi, Baucus, or Obama?

— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) November 18, 2014

@McCormackJohn @Yousefzadeh @jonathanchait apparently no one played a direct role in writing the law. This law wrote itself!

— George Horn (@Ggoblue) November 18, 2014