Too Stupid to Read Their Own Bill

Allahpundit at HotAir brings us this story from the failing The New York Times in which we learn that the Democrats who brought us the Obama Death Care Rationing Bill did not bother to read through every one of the several thousand pages to find out what was in it. I guess Pelosi was right when she said that we would have to pass the bill to find out. Well, the members of congress are finding out, somewhat late, that the bill has stripped their own coverage. The irony is, of course, just delightful.

The perfect ending to a day that saw support for repealing O-Care reach a new high in Rasmussen (58 percent) and support for The One reach a new weekly low in Gallup (47 percent). Turns out that fantastically long, mind-bogglingly complex bills which no one has actually read may create unintended consequences. Remember how they forgot to require insurers to cover kids with preexisting conditions? Oh, and they forgot initially to let young adults be covered by their parents’ insurance until Reid fixed it in reconciliation. Now this. Who knew that when Pelosi said they’d have to pass the bill so that people could find out what’s in it, “people” meant Congress?
I’d call it comedy gold if not for the obvious point raised by the Times: “If they did not know exactly what they were doing to themselves, did lawmakers who wrote and passed the bill fully grasp the details of how it would influence the lives of other Americans?”