Republican senator calls health care law ‘a big effing mess’

Chris Moody
·Political Reporter

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham celebrated the second anniversary of President Barack Obama's health care law by calling it "a big effing mess," alluding to Vice President Joseph Biden's comment when the bill was signed in 2010.

"Two years ago at the Obama health care bill signing the Vice President was overheard telling President Obama, 'This is a big 'effing' deal,' Graham wrote on his official Twitter account, referring to Biden's profanity about the law's passage. "Unfortunately for them, two years later, the vast majority of Americans believe this has become a big 'effing' mess."

Republicans have seized on the law's anniversary to highlight its cost and impact. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about the constitutionality of parts of the law next week.

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