I'm a little disappointed in myself. I lament the polarization in politics today, but I sure am part of it. My jaw dropped when I read that Chief Justice Roberts wrote the majority opinion upholding the individual mandate. I assumed he was a partisan hack; I underestimated him.
Some say this part in the ruling will give Roberts cover to rule in a more conservative way in the future, because his supporters can point to the time he sided with the liberal justices in upholding an expansion of the federal government's reach. This may well be true, but I do need to work on respecting people I vehemently disagree with.
