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This quotation is an example of the political extremes that can occur when there is hyperpolarization in American politics. In this case the Republicans had enough power in the Congress to prevent the Democrats from passing any legislation to fix any of the problems in the Affordable Health Care Act, the way normal large legislation is amended after it is passed, and problems and unexpected consequences are revealed. The Republican strategy was to prevent the bill from being fixed, lest President Obama and the Democrats could claim victory, while they could point to the consequences of the problems to show the Democrats passed a bad law. It was better for them to criticize the Democrats than it was to improve the law and the services to citizens. This was very rare because usually both parties, after a bill passes, help to fix flaws and improve the bill regardless of whether or not they opposed it originally.
