Orrin Hatch actually said...

The Wyden-Brown legislation falls short and thus will not allow States sufficient flexibility to make meaningful changes.

to tell you what you have to buy even if you don't want to buy it

I have to concede that point. But that still begs the question of whether it should be mandated.

The Congressional Budget Office, in the past, has said that requiring individuals to purchase a particular good or service was 'unprecedente...