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House Republicans have now attempted to repeal the Affordable Care Act forty times, despite the fact that the bill has been signed into law and ruled constitutional by the Supreme Court. This morning, Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel spoke on MSNBC’s NOW with Alex Wagner about the Republican Party’s “suicidal course” and argued that the GOP is asking Americans—specifically young ones—to act against their own self-interest by continuing to fight against Obamacare.

—Rebecca Nathanson