THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. WSJ.cerr The Power of 218 0 4 4 j f ri l r- 11, --- • ,i :... ,„• 4 4,,,i','„ \ \ •• A• .. • , ),,, t . ‘ _• . • it ..,.1., 77,1: -.',- .i• 1• 14... r5 )' .., « ...0,A. • V O:".3ts 0 1- ._ 4. 1 t-t 1 fe ra:r t- - ., / r ' glop • I.- 4 41, ' v.:It-fir P in- k. 4f Speaker John Boehner floated a CR with an arcane procedure that would force the Senate to take an up-or-down vote on the anti-ObamaCare component. But pressure groups like Heritage Action and the Club for Growth rebelled and the vote had to be postponed, like so many other unforced retreats this Congress. Here we go again. These critics portrayed the Boehner plan as a sellout because of a campaign that captured the imagination of some conservatives this summer: Republicans must threaten to crash their Zeros into the aircraft carrier of ObamaCare. Their demand is that the House pair the "must pass" CR or the debt limit with defending the health-care bill. Kamikaze missions rarely turn out well, least of all for the pilots. The problem is that Mr. Obama is never, ever going to unwind his signature legacy project of national health care. Ideology aside, it would end his Presidency politically. And if Republicans insist that any spending bill must defund ObamaCare, then a showdown is inevitable that shuts down much of the government. Republicans will claim that Democrats are the ones shutting it down to preserve ObamaCare. Voters may see it differently given the media's liberal sympathies and because the repeal-or-bust crowd provoked the confrontation. EFTA01133316