NBC's David Gregory asked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) to respond to Rich Lowry and Wiliam Kristol's joint editorial on immigration reform Sunday on "Meet the Press."
Gregory specifically asked Reid to respond to Kristol and Lowry's charge that certain parts of immigration reform could be unilaterally altered or waived by the Obama administration once signed into law in the same way the employer mandate for Obamacare has been delayed.
Instead of directly addressing the comparison, Reid reverted to talking points about Obamacare stating it "has been wonderful for America":
DAVID GREGORY: But the specific complaint by house conservatives distilled by Bill Kristol and Rich Lowry, Rich Lowry will be on the program a little bit later, in the National Review on Tuesday, and they write this about the senate bill -- "the bill's fatal deficiency is that it doesn't solve the illegal immigration problem. The enforcement provisions are riddled with exceptions, loopholes, waivers. Every indication is they are for show and will be disregarded just as prior national requirements to build a fence or an entry/exit visa system have been and just as President Obama has recently announced he's ignoring aspects of Obamacare that are inconvenient to enforce on schedule. Why won't we waive a requirement for the use of E-verify in the workplace just as he's unilaterally delayed the employer mandate?"
HARRY REID: If we were in the courtroom, I would object to that, your question because there are so many different questions, but I'll try to answer. First of all, Obamacare, whenever it comes up, Republicans throw that in. You realized they've voted to repeal it 40 times? What's happened 40 times, of course it's failed. Obamacare has been wonderful for America. 6 million seniors get wellness checks now. 3.1 million young people now have insurance that insurers can't rip off people anymore. That's why people got millions of dollars of refunds last year. If you have a pre-existing disability, you're covered. They should just get real and understand this is a law that's important. And they need to work with us to improve it.