John Kasich, a Refreshingly Catholic-Sounding Pol

John Kasich, a Refreshingly Catholic-Sounding Pol

Explaining his decision to expand Medicaid coverage in Ohio pursuant to the Affordable Care Act, Kasich told reporters in 2013 that ‘when you die and get to the meeting with Saint Peter, he’s probably not going to ask you much about what you did about keeping government small. But he is going to ask you what you did for the poor. You better have a good answer. ‘”

That something like this is controversial, much less anathema for “conservative Christians” tells you all you need to know about the diseased state of conservative Christianity.  And he is, mirabile dictu, a Republican.

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