Opinion: They called Obamacare a job-killer. Were they wrong?

Barring an asteroid or the biggest economic surprise in recent history, Friday's jobs report will be the 60th straight month that America's private sector has gained jobs. That's a new record — but another milestone this month arguably looms larger. March marks five years since the Affordable Care Act was passed … amid Republican cries that the ACA was a job-killer. To put that more plainly: The private sector hasn't lost jobs since Obamacare was officially created. Were Republicans wrong? The state of the debate: 2010 To understand that question — and the peculiar political implications when answering it — we need to revisit the heated months when the ACA was limping toward passage.