"Let’s hope that the 13 white men McConnell selected can do what Democrats failed to do the first time and fix America’s expensive and ineffective health insurance system without breaking the federal purse."

Let's see. The Rs have opposed medicare, social security, have actively obstructed any discussion even related to healthcare reform for more than 7 decades. In order for them to actually "fix America’s expensive and ineffective health insurance system" they would have to actually really want to and there is nothing in their behavior from the past few decades to cause us to believe they want to. This is a ridiculous statement. At least the Democrats want to provide affordable healthcare. The Rs do NOT.