Barney Frank is saying dumb things

The Affordable Care Act is not what brought down the House in 2010.  It was a disastrous, still-reeling economy; a sense that "others" were getting "bailed out," whether banks or under water home owners; a bubbling hatred for that Mooslim Indonesian black guy in the White House and the evil Nancy Pelosi; and low turnout by the Democratic party's natural constituents.

Barney seems to forget that Mitch McConnell and John Boehner were committed to opposing the president and foiling his re-election from day one, regardless what piece of legislation Obama would have pursued.

And, oh yeah, it's still "a big fucking deal."