Even one of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s reliable floor whips is likely to oppose the government-run health care legislation before the House of Representatives, the Boston Herald reports today.

Even one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s floor whips, U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch, says a proposed parliamentary move to pass health-care reform would be “disingenuous” and harm the credibility of Congress.

In a sign of how tough it’s been for Pelosi to round up votes for the massive bill, Lynch – a South Boston Democrat who supported a House reform package last year – said he’ll probably vote against a key Senate version of the legislation, unless unexpected major changes are made soon.

Lynch, who serves as one of Pelosi’s key vote counters, said he also can’t support a proposed “deem and pass” procedure that would allow Democrats to vote to strip out controversial portions of the Senate bill and then “deem” that the entire package has passed without a second, direct vote.

“It’s disingenuous,” said Lynch, who considers unfair a Senate provision to tack a surcharge on higher-end health plans. “It would really call into question the credibility of the House.”

Bwahahahahahahahahahaha…..hahahahahahah…having…trouble…breathing…whew…

Seriously though, Lynch is right when he says “deem and pass” would undermine the credibility…of…Congress. You know, what little credibility is actually left would be significantly reduced. For some reason I doubt the Founding Fathers considered the Speaker “deeming” legislation passed as the standard for Congress passing legislation.