Reid on health care repeal effort: Republicans need to ‘get a new lease on life’

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Daily Caller:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made clear Thursday that as long as he’s in charge, no effort to repeal the health care law will see the light of day beyond the House, but Senate Democrats said they are open to changing parts of the law over the next year.

“The Republicans have to understand that the health care bill is not going to be repealed,” Reid said. “Are we saying the health care bill is perfect? Of course not. We’re willing to work in any way that’s constructive in nature to improve the health care delivery system in our country, but repealing health care, they should get a new lease on life and talk about something else.”

The new class of House Republicans, many who campaigned on a promise that they would scrap the law forever, are planning a vote on repeal next week.

The move is largely seen as symbolic. But don’t tell that to House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio.

The newly minted speaker bristled Thursday morning when asked if his party’s plans to repeal the law in the House were an exercise in futility, knowing that it would never make it passed the Democrat-controlled Senate.