Former House majority leader Tom Delay (R., Texas) is taking on Democrats’ claims of bipartisan hypocrisy when it comes to the “Slaughter rule.” He tells National Review Online that Democrats’ use of that legislative maneuver does not have recent precedent in House GOP ranks. “The Senate used to do it, but I don’t ever remember doing deem and pass,” he says. (Norman J. Ornstein would probably disagree.)

DeLay adds that Democrats are in a “lose-lose situation” if they pass Obamacare. “I’m loving this politically,” he says. “If they pass it, the American people will hit the streets, they’ll be so mad. The emotion of passing this bill will be huge across the country. If they fail, it’ll deflate their base and hurt every one of them, even those on the other side who vote “no.” It’s a complete mess. They’re the Keystone Kops — a 40-vote margin in the House, 60 in the Senate and they can’t pass a bill?”