And as long as Republicans are winning by some dubious measure or another, they'll stay the course. Millions of people will live sicker, shorter lives? Well, that's too bad, but did you see the swell yacht one of my donors has? He invited me aboard for a great party, and my PAC got a couple of hundred thousand for the millions I saved him in taxes. Now excuse me, I have to go scare the rubes with a story about some minority fella somewhere who got something for nothing.