HEALTH CARE // Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s Plan B was to repeal Obamacare and replace it within 2 years. That idea was already dead by lunch. But McConnell will still push for a vote next week on the bill. Unless something changes, the bill is doomed as all Democrats, and four Republicans have announced their opposition. http://cvote.it/2u8uYfT
HEALTH CARE // With the Senate health care bill dead, and “repeal and replace two years later” also dead, Senators are unlikely to go with a more free-market solution. And in fact, just on queue, Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, is trying to convince Senate Republicans (who are former governors) to join with him and create a “bipartisan” health care solution. http://cvote.it/2u8uHtg
HEALTH CARE // CatholicVote’s Brian Burch on the health care fail: “Insurers continue to abandon markets. Medicaid is sprinting toward insolvency, and the disastrous Obamacare law continues to leave Catholic families in the lurch… We are realists and know the path to health care reform remains very, very difficult. But Obamacare is imploding. Something must be done, sooner than later. We simply cannot run from this debate.” http://cvote.it/2u8FljB
RELIGION IN AMERICA // No one seemed to notice, but a new Pew Research poll has a revealing look on the state of religion in America today. You would never know it from the “mainstream” media, but a majority of moderates, independents, and conservatives all believe that religious organizations and churches have a positive effect on our country. But it’s a very different story among liberals. http://cvote.it/2u8FzY3
ABORTION // No surprise: Planned Parenthood is suing the state of Iowa over two pieces of pro-life legislation requiring a 72-hour waiting period and mandating doctor consultations for women considering the procedure. http://cvote.it/2u8jTLJ
ONLINE SPEECH // Facebook purged as many as two dozen popular Catholic pages. One page called “Catholic and Proud” had more than 6 million likes. It was removed without explanation. http://cvote.it/2u8pilN
CATHOLIC // Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput slams the Vatican article on Catholics and Evangelicals in the United States published last week by La Cavilta Cattholica as “an exercise in dumbing down.” Working together to fight for religious liberty and the unborn is a good thing, the archbishop said. “We should thank God for the unity it brings.” http://cvote.it/2u8zRFE
CATHOLIC // A Senate committee considers Callista Gingrich as Vatican ambassador. http://cvote.it/2u80LgM
SAINT // Saint Mary MacKillop – http://cvote.it/dailysaint
DAILY MASS // “The Lord is kind and merciful.” (Ps 103:8) – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
TRUTH //