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To make sure you get rock solid SCOTUS appointees like John Roberts<\/a>, of course. And Presidents like Mitt Romney who never gave the people of Massachusetts anything like Obamacare.<\/p>\n

My burning interest is not in Obamacare, but in the evil HHS mandate. Although it\u2019s greatly out of step with talk radio dogmatics, the bishops\u2019 attitude has basically been that Obamacare needs repairs, not repeal<\/a>. The obvious repair necessary is the attempt to smash Catholic conscience that is the evil HHS mandate. Here\u2019s my continued prayer that this evil mandate is indeed repealed and forever destroyed. But I\u2019m not having hysterics about the court today. I\u2019ll leave that to the rest of the media. I have too much to do today.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"