Erick Erickson at Redstate:

The Heritage Foundation was instrumental in getting RomneyCare passed in Massachusetts. Because the program had Heritage’s blessing, it gave conservatives cover to support it. The plan is now sinking the Massachusetts budget. Why? Because all legislation is part of a series of compromises. Heritage laid a foundation onto which special interests and others could add heaping piles of dung - all the while with Heritage’s imprimatur on the plan. Now the dung heap that is RomneyCare, as passed by the Democrats in the Massachusetts General Assembly is a stinking, flaming pile of budgetary pooh.

You would think the fine folks working on healthcare at Heritage would have learned their lesson. But they haven’t. They have now waded in with healthcare cooperatives. When Democrats mark up the legislation and alter Heritage’s plan, they can still point to Heritage, comfort people like Mike Enzi, and put us on the road to socialized healthcare.

Even Harry Reid is using the lingo:

“We’re going to have some type of public option, call it ‘co-op’, call it what you want,” Reid said, adding that Democrats are working on “some verison of a co-op that may satisfy everyone.”

Meanwhile, Mike Enzi, the Heritage Foundation, and many, many others will be left trying to explain in sound bite form how not all cooperatives are equal.

So Mike Enzi: shut up. You too Heritage. I value your contribution, but trying to helpful in a debate where it is clear what Democrats really want just sets you up to be used and abused. You should have seen this coming and your judgment must be suspect on this as a result.

Call Mike Enzi today and tell him to oppose healthcare cooperatives. His number is (202) 224-3424. Chuck Grassley, who has also been muddying the waters on co-ops can be reached at (202) 224-3744. Senator Grassley, however, has backed off some of the rhetoric.

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