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The House of Representatives voted yesterday to repeal the centerpiece of President Obama’s first term in office. To hear congressional Republicans tell it, healthcare reform is well on its way to repeal. The voters certainly dislike the landmark law, and if their voices carry to the corridors of the Senate and that body votes for repeal, the Congress will have spoken.

And yet, that’s where it will end. In fact, few in this town believe the legislation will ever get to the other side of the dome. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) still controls that chamber’s calendar, and no one sees him bringing up the bill anytime soon.

Dream a little more and say the Senate does the unthinkable. There’s no way Obama signs the bill to repeal his own measure.

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