I appreciate the Senator's comments, and certainly his correct recitation about what the real impact of ObamaCare is across the country, particularly for hard-working men and women. And the Senator is right. These descriptive phrases such as ``nightmare'' and another one is ``train wreck,'' are not his words, they are not my words. They are actually words from supporters of the law. ``Nightmare,'' as the Senator pointed out, comes from the leader of the Teamsters, a very powerful organization on the Democratic side politically that strongly supported the law. The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee that helped write the law called ObamaCare implementation a ``train wreck'' a few months ago. Not coincidentally, that was right before he announced he wasn't running for reelection. I appreciate the notation of those descriptions from folks on the Democratic side of the aisle, from folks who helped pass ObamaCare. This is clear proof that this is not ready for prime time, causing real pain and dislocation to hard-working Americans: job loss, folks being moved into part-time work, jobs not being created, folks losing the health care they have now which they enjoy.…
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