Eric Cantor: Health Care Repeal Will Happen Because "It Was
Litigated in the Last Election."  Reporting on Politics and
Policy. Jan. 4 2011 1:39 PM   Incoming House Majority Leader
Eric Cantor faced off with a skeptical press corps this
afternoon, defending the Republican majority's plan to vote on
repeal of health care reform even though it has no serious
chance of getting through a Democratic-run Senate.  "The Senate
will have to consider its position once the House passes the
repeal bill," said Cantor, "and senators hear from their
constituents."  David Weigel David Weigel    Cantor was asked
whether there would be an open rule on the short repeal bill,
the text of which Republicans made public last night. Under an
open rule, Democrats would be allowed to propose amendments.
Cantor strongly implied that this wouldn't happen. "It's a
straightforward document," he said. "It reflect what most people
inside the beltway and outside the beltway want."  Several more
questions about the strategy for the vote were