WaExaminer: "GOP must vow repeal if ObamaCare passes"

Democrats are determined to jam through ObamaCare, otherwise known as universal health care, even in the face of increased election losses and even as polls show the majority of Americans do not want the government meddling in their health care.

If health care legislation is passed into law, will Republicans fight it? The Washington Examiner suggests they must make it clear they will repeal it:

The only way to change that calculation is for the GOP to make crystal clear now that its first order of business come January 2011 will be repeal if it is returned to congressional majorities and Obamacare is on the books. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader John Boehner have magnificently held their troops in line to date against Obamacare while saying nothing about repeal for fear of appearing to concede defeat. That changed Sunday as Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said, "People are saying, 'We don't want it.' The Democrats are saying, 'We don't care, we're doing it anyway.' The Democrats will try to jam this through, and the rest of the year we're going to be involved in a campaign to repeal it."

Like Cato the Elder, who concluded his Roman Senate speeches with the warning that "Carthage must be destroyed," Republicans should repeat at every opportunity the promise that Obamacare will be repealed in 2011 if it becomes law in 2010.

Wonder if anyone is listening.