It wasn't much, the narrow river that marked the border between Italy and Gaul. but Caesar was told not to cross it. He did and you remember his name, not the guy who lost. Josh Marshall says that today's vote to embrace the Paul Ryan `let's end Medicare budget' - by all but six House Republicans is a fateful, no turning back day.
The Republican Party has just gotten carried away by their hostility to government and celebration of private enterprise. It's a popular idea. Nobody likes to go to the DMV. But private enterprise also makes us very nervous. Downsizing, plant closings, higher health insurance deductibles, real estate bubbles and crashes - all make people worry. "And now they want to take away Medicare" is the line the Republican Party just handed to the Democratic Party. They have crossed the Rubicon.
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