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I had figured that if the Supreme Court had ruled Obamacare constitutional, especially if it's decisive like 7 to 2, then the issue would fade away.  POLITICO thinks it won't:

The Supreme Court will have the last word on the legal issues, at least the major ones. The political fight will go on for years — if it ever really ends.
The lawsuit brought by 26 states and the National Federation of Independent Business is shaping up to be the most high-profile Supreme Court case since Bush v. Gore — complete with rallies and protests, just like the ones that surrounded that case.

Media Matters reports that Fats' apology may have been forced upon him by Premiere Networks, his syndicator:

"I have never seen a statement issued that fast, Premiere issued it on a Saturday," said Tom Taylor, news editor of Radio-Info.com, a radio industry news site. "Rush doesn't issue a lot of apologies, and to have it happen on Saturday afternoon tells you it is a bit of an unusual thing. This is something to watch, it changes all the time."

Robert Unmacht, a 35-year radio industry consultant who also writes for Radio-Info.com, also found the apology timing notable.

"It is [unusual] and his apology has been incredibly weak," Unmacht said. "This came under the Premiere Network name, Rush rarely does anything under that release. I have to think that means they have been hit really hard with advertising and it has the look that a publicist wrote it. It didn't feel genuine, it came from a group that doesn't usually speak for Rush."