Republicans flooded the airwaves on Sunday morning denouncing the Supreme Court's upholding of the Affordable Care Act, promising to repeal the law if they take over the White House and Congress this November (the GOP-led House will vote again to do so on July 18).
But the biggest Republican in Florida, Governor Rick Scott, chose Friday night on the Fox News Channel to let the state and the country know that he will not begin implementing the law, saying he will neither set up a health exchange nor participate in an expansion of Medicaid.
Scott knows he opposes the law, even though it's apparent that he's confused about aspects of it. Speaking to reporters in Friday in Tampa, he talked about how the bill would be bad for businesses, saying that he was "at a business the other day and they said to me when I walked in- I think they said they had about 20 employees - 'Governor, is this bill going to become law?' And I said I hope not, I'm going to do everything I can to make sure it doesn't', because they said 'We will have to close. We cannot afford the penalty for us."
Except under the Affordable Care Act since 2010 , businesses with less than 25 full-time equivalent employees have been eligible for a tax break if they cover at least half the cost of health insurance. Companies with less than 50 employees do not have to pay for their employees' care.
It also contradicts Scott's statement earlier in the month that if the ACA were ruled constitutional "we'll comply with the law."
On Sunday, congressional Republican leaders Mitch McConnell and John Boehner said they couldn't wait to repeal "ObamaCare," though they were less direct about what would they do in its stead, when asked about individual portions of the mammoth bill that actually are popular.
Nobody drove harder in challenging the Republican line of thinking than CBS News' Norah O'Donnell, guest-hosting for Bob Schieffer on Face The Nation.