1.0link148178<![CDATA[Health-Care Reform Could Kill the GOP]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thomas-frank/health-care-reform-could_b_148178.htmlCan policy be both wise and aggressively partisan? Ask any Republican worth his salt and the answer will be an unequivocal yes. Ask a Democrat of the respectable Beltway variety and he will twist himself into a pretzel denying it.
For decades Republicans have made policy with a higher purpose in mind: to solidify the GOP base or to damage the institutions and movements aligned with the other side. One of their fondest slogans is "Defund the Left," and under that...