A lot of people are talking about the false information being used on the Right (I've heard some of the elderly people in our neighborhood repeat them, discouragingly). Some additional casualties of recent misinformation campaigns:

First, the important issue of deficits and spending is not given serious treatment, and any positive impact a fiscal conservative view might have on the final bill may be weakened. Money does matter, and we shouldn't become financially stupid just because the people arguing on the side of money are insane.

Second, Republicans lose their "brand identity" by acting in ways that Jesus would never approve. Lying to win a debate is not Christian, and it doesn't always win. Misrepresenting your opponents, bearing false witness, these are not things one can do and retain any association with the Prince of Peace, who argued for loving one's enemies, abandoning wealth, and forgiving debts. Those are not right wing positions. As for gay marriage, Jesus never mentioned it, although he did say that second marriages for women were adulterous and invalid (it's in the Gospels).

Many of today's Christian Conservatives do not adhere to any of those values, and are falsifying their own religious credentials (religion is one area where it's risky to blow your own horn). They might want to do some inward searching and see how their own actions have undermined their success. We could use a dose of authentic Christianity, or just a little human decency, and the real peace it might bring if we were to learn to understand each other for a change, no longer flinging stones across a growing but mostly artificial artificial political, religious and economic chasm.