M.I.T. professor Jonathan Gruber, a former adviser to Mitt Romney, and a key architect of both the Massachusetts and the federal health care reforms bills, vents a little over Romney's efforts to distance himself from so-called "Obamacare":

He credited Mitt Romney for not totally disavowing the Massachusetts bill during his presidential campaign, but said Romney's attempt to distinguish between Obama's bill and his own is disingenuous.

"The problem is there is no way to say that," Gruber said. "Because they're the same fucking bill. He just can't have his cake and eat it too. Basically, you know, it's the same bill. He can try to draw distinctions and stuff, but he's just lying. The only big difference is he didn't have to pay for his. Because the federal government paid for it. Where at the federal level, we have to pay for it, so we have to raise taxes."

It's a a great read as Gruber bemoans Republicans attacking what was until a few years ago a Republican idea, and warns of a politically motivated decision coming from the conservatives on the US Supreme Court. Gruber goes on to describe the Affordable Care Act as "the last hope for a free-market solution for covering the uninsured."

"If this fails, then you either give up on the uninsured or you go to single-payer. Those are the only two options left. And the Republicans, if they're willing to stand up and say, 'We give up on the uninsured,' then great, let them say that and let the voters come to the polls and decide, but they won't say that.

"Anyway, I'm just ranting because I'm upset."

I know how that feels, Jon. I know how that feels.