Even if it is an ironclad certainty, as they say, that Obama would veto a Continuing Resolution that defunded Obamacare if Republicans held united and forced one through with some vulnerable Democrats in The Senate, I don’t think that should be a bad thing. If you force them to, most will say that if Reid or Obama balked and we saw some services suspended, then we would lose the political argument, be blamed for the suspension (shutdown, though they would quickly pass funding of vital particulars, Democrats might well staunch this too), and be damaged in the 2010 election. But first, why do you think you would be more respected for slinking away from this unprecedentedly important matter, especially when the law is unpopular even to traditionally Democrat groups? Read more about Who's With Cruz To Fight For America?