King Leonidas punctuated his epic resistance to the Persian horde by responding to Xerxes’ demand that the Three Hundred Spartans surrender their weapons.  Molon labe! … “Come and take them!”   Our senators and representatives should respond in kind to President Obama’s demand for their votes on his epochal healthcare takeover.

For much of a year … longer that most would have predicted … a vastly outnumbered force of 218 Republican congressmen and senators – prodded, poked and arm-twisted by the most powerful grassroots movement of our generation and egged on my its cheerleaders in the Mainstream Media – has withstood the Xerxian onslaught that is Obamacare.  And like Leonidas, Obamacare opponents know more is at stake than this single battle.

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As important as the outcome is the manner in which this battle is waged.  A courageous and principled stand against overwhelming odds historically evokes sympathy and support by an otherwise unengaged populace – witness Thermopylae, the Alamo, Rorke’s Drift, to name a few. (more…)