Is "Does It Work" The Only Requirement?

I'm out of town this week working in Boston. I know. Enemy territory, right? Maybe not so much, considering that Ted Kennedy's old seat is now occupied by a Republican.

When I'm on business, I try to avoid discussing my political views as much as possible -- particularly when I'm in a bastion of liberal thought like Boston.

One of the people I'm working with did bring up the subject of Obamacare however. When he and others asked for my opinion, I didn't really get into the myriad reasons why I believe this is one of the worst things that's happened to America in the last several decades. Too severe for my audience. Instead, I simply said that my only objection was that it's unconstitutional.

The reaction was surprising. They didn't even argue the constitutionality. Their basic response was something along the lines of "who cares, as long as it works?"

Is that the requirement? Have we sunk so far as a nation? Have we lost so much knowledge of what this country means, why it was founded, and the revolutionary idea of the rule of law, that we don't even raise an eyebrow when the Constitution is trashed?

Obamacare, I believe, will prove to be one of the worst ideas in decades. As bad as it will be however, it will pale in comparison to the disaster of an uninformed and apathetic populace who could care less that the founding principles of our nation are being systematically dismantled.