…Coburn, a medical doctor, is also fairly certain he’ll lose in the end. “I’ll get beat. There’s no question I’ll get beat and I’ll get rolled, but at least we’ll have a debate. At least we’ll show the cowardice of people who want to steal the future from our kids in this country,” he says. “I don’t try to win things in Washington; I try to win them with the American public.”

If he doesn’t get to introduce amendments, Coburn promises, he’ll do what he can to gum up the process. “You can imagine I will use every procedural tactic in the world, especially if they don’t allow any amendments. And we’re going to have a very rough time in July and September,” he says.

“It’ll be fun,” adds Coburn. Read the full article