“If you live by the pen, you die by the pen” - The Washington Post

“If you live by the pen, you die by the pen” - The Washington Post:

“I intend to do everything possible to make 2016 a referendum on repealing Obamacare and adopting a flat tax,” he said.

Asked about his legislative priorities, Cruz said he would focus on tax and regulatory reform first. He would also push for Congress to “repeal every word of Obamacare.”

He described himself as “cautiously optimistic” that the Supreme Court will side against the government in King vs. Burwell on the grounds that the federal government has “illegally collected billions of dollars in taxes from Americans who do not owe them.”