Administration Quote by Donald Verrilli Jr
![“It's the spring of 2012, that the [Barak] Obama administration would be embracing the argument that the Affordable Care Act was a tax, and that was going to, itself, be a political albatross.” quote by Donald Verrilli Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/709/donald-verrilli-jr-17929_administration_it-s-the-spring-of-2012-that-the-barak-o_2234825.jpg)
“It's the spring of 2012, that the [Barak] Obama administration would be embracing the argument that the Affordable Care Act was a tax, and that was going to, itself, be a political albatross.”
“It's the spring of 2012, that the [Barak] Obama administration would be embracing the argument that the Affordable Care Act was a tax, and that was going to, itself, be a political albatross.”
![“[Obamacare] was almost the perfect example of politics in the Bubble Era, where the time horizon for anyone with real power is always close to zero, long-term thinking is an alien concept, and even the most massive and ambitious undertakings are motivated entirely by short-term rewards. A radical…” quote by Matt Taibbi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/244/matt-taibbi-2257_government_obamacare-was-almost-the-perfect-example_1750064.jpg)
![“[Obamacare] was going to be the Republicans' big issue, and they're not talking about it because it's working.” quote by Bill Maher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8a7/bill-maher-211_bigs_obamacare-was-going-to-be-the-republican_3023516.jpg)
![“I'm skeptical that [the Republicans] can do [something better with healthcare] mainly because for seven years now, including when we first tried to pass health care, I said to 'em, "Okay, if [Obamacare] doesn't work tell me what does."” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/df6/barack-obama-17_can-do_i-m-skeptical-that-the-republicans-can-d_372313.jpg)
![“There was a huge movement that led up to [gay marriage legilization], and I played a small role in the great scheme of things. But it was really a privilege to get to do it.” quote by Donald Verrilli Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3b7/donald-verrilli-jr-17929_gay_there-was-a-huge-movement-that-led-up-to_144067.jpg)
![“I did think Justice [Antony] Kennedy's opinion on Lawrence was critical to that because it really, what Lawrence in one sense was, of course, about consensual sex being something that the government can't regulate. But really in a more fundamental sense, what it was saying, "Look. Gay people are…” quote by Donald Verrilli Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/52c/donald-verrilli-jr-17929_antony_i-did-think-justice-antony-kennedy-s-opi_278373.jpg)
![“Justice [Sonia]Sotomayor said, "Let's talk - you want to talk about the tax power."And I got like a 10-minute run on the tax power. And, boy, was I glad I did because I was able to get across this idea that, yes, this is a narrower ground on which you can affirm it. And I think everybody agrees. I…” quote by Donald Verrilli Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dc0/donald-verrilli-jr-17929_able_justice-sonia-sotomayor-said-let-s-talk_635926.jpg)
![“There was only really one time that I had a substantive interaction with the president [Barak Obama] directly, and that was in 2013 when we were deciding whether to file a brief in the first gay marriage case, the Perry against Hollingsworth case. That was a weighty decision about whether the…” quote by Donald Verrilli Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/308/donald-verrilli-jr-17929_bans_there-was-only-really-one-time-that-i-ha_867816.jpg)
