In the light of day, a few things about yesterday’s health care court decision are coming into focus. The White House clearly expected federal Judge Henry Hudson to rule the individual mandate unconstitutional. The judge telegraphed his intentions in earlier comments and the Administration was ready with talking points about how Hudson’s ruling was only one of three in the federal courts so far. (Two other judges decided the individual mandate is constitutional.) Secondly, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is an ambitious fellow. Then again, we already knew that too. He has already started fundraising off yesterday’s court decision.
But some other pieces of this story aren’t well understood yet. Here’s a look at some of the questions swirling around the Beltway and blogosphere today.




