Rick Scott lied on his mother's grave — and blew a hole in the GOP's anti-ObamaCare argument

It's not about states' rights. It's about pure partisanship.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/John Raoux))

When it comes to ObamaCare's expansion of Medicaid, it may seem like a matter of simple logic for states to take the money that's on offer. It would both help their most vulnerable citizens and pump lots of money into local economies.

Alas, logic and the contemporary Republican Party have little relation to each other, so most GOP-controlled statehouses have turned down the offer. But few have done so in a more clownish manner, or exposed the contradictions in the Republican position more clearly, than Florida Gov. Rick Scott.

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Scott Lemieux

Scott Lemieux is a professor of political science at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, N.Y., with a focus on the Supreme Court and constitutional law. He is a frequent contributor to the American Prospect and blogs for Lawyers, Guns and Money.