 we may have won the battle but the war isn t over the ldquo medicaid expansion rdquo battle isn rsquo t over   the following comments may not necessarily reflect the opinion of the clinton county republican party  governor snyder experienced a major setback on thursday regarding medicaid expansion in the michigan senate senate majority leader randy richardville acknowledged the bill would have passed if a vote had been taken with the minimum 20 votes with 12 democrats and eight republicans voting for passage however he said he was reluctant to hold a vote without the support of half or 13 of the chamber rsquo s 26 republicans he also said the bill isn rsquo t dead and it would be reviewed over the summer tea party activists have threatened to field primary challengers against republican senators who vote to expand medicaid flanked by leaders of state medical and business associations governor snyder said passage of the legislation was vital to get federal approval of proposed changes to the state medicaid program before a nationwide expansion begins this fall about 26 states are planning to expand medicaid of which most have democratic governors while most republican governors oppose medicaid expansion snyder is among more than a halfdozen gop governors who back expansion state sen patrick colbeck rcanton who opposed the medicaid expansion said the michigan legislature should ldquo push back rdquo against the affordable care act mandates and direct individuals to private insurers through the health insurance exchanges that will be set up under the federal law the bottom line is that the war will continue with the governor rsquo s ldquo relentless positive action rdquo it just makes you wonder where the governor rsquo s affiliations really are and what his ldquo conservative credentials rdquo are on this issue the people played a significant part in stopping a bill that should not see the light of day in michigan the ldquo people have a voice rdquo if they choose to make it heard and they can impact decisions that are made in lansing steve willis chairman clinton county republicn party 19  