If Obamacare is allowed to stand – and Congress is allowed to make the purchase of government-endorsed health insurance compulsory – there will be no meaningful limit on Washingtons reach into the lives of the American people. That is certainly not what the Founders intended. – John Cornyn

By the Obama administrations reasoning, it would be constitutionally permissible to make Americans purchase nearly any product (broccoli, gym membership) that improved their health and thereby contributed to lower health-care costs. – John Cornyn

Raising taxes is the last thing we should do amid the weakest economic recovery since World War II. Unfortunately, even if we avoid the full Taxmageddon scenario, President Obamas health care law also contains a new surtax on investment that will take effect in 2013. – John Cornyn