Hypocrisy seems too mild a term

Hypocrisy seems too mild a term to describe how the Republicans are starting their House rule.

Which would have been the case had they not already blown a big ol' loophole in their own rule.

Under new rules drafted by House Republicans in an effort to bolster fiscal discipline, lawmakers must show how they will pay for legislation that increases the deficit. But a bill repealing the health care law would be explicitly exempted from that requirement.

The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the health care overhaul will reduce deficits by more than $140 billion over 10 years, largely because new spending will be more than offset by new taxes and cutbacks in the growth of Medicare.

The whole idea of the rule of law, the whole idea of telling the truth, none of this is part of the new Republican ethos.  It is simply do what you want when you want it, and to hell with the consequences, as long as we get ours.