Real patriots don’t halt government
Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican senator, calls it the dumbest idea he’s ever heard and we agree: Some tea party Republicans on Capitol Hill, including U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas, Marco Rubio of Florida and Rand Paul of Kentucky, presidential prospects all, seek to enlist others in a plan to shut down the U.S. government this fall if President Obama doesn’t agree to defund his legacy achievement — the 2010 Affordable Care Act.