Well played, Justice Kennedy...

... but don't think for a moment that we are unaware of your fiendish plot to save the GOP from its own self-destructive tendencies. With the Obamacare and marriage equality rulings, you remove these awkward issues from the immediate policy table and take all the right-wing heat on yourself. Meanwhile, the Republican presidential candidates are freed to focus their attention on the positions that will really help them build a broad base of support—such as tax cuts for the super-rich, invading Iran, keeping out the Mexicans, cutting food stamps, and restricting voting rights.