Senator Max Baucus (D., Mont.) compared the bungled Obamacare rollout to the clumsy Humpty Dumpty, and joined the chorus of Democrats who are open to a delay if it’s not fixed soon.
“Let’s just see how much Humpty Dumpty can be fixed in the next month, and if it looks like Humpty Dumpty’s not getting better together then maybe we should start thinking about delaying the penalties,” Baucus told a local radio station. “It’s not right to penalize people for mistakes that the government’s made.”
Baucus, one of the law’s main architects, famously warned off the impending “train wreck” earlier this year prior to the opening of the enrollment period.