While still a Democrat Rep. Parker Griffith voted against the first Health Care vote in December. Now as a Republican, no surprise, he voted "Nay" once again. But this time, he was placed in the unusual position of attacks from district Democrats.

From WAFF:

But Rep. Griffith said it gives the government too much power over healthcare.

"We're trying to fix it for 30 million [people]," he said. "We can do that without this huge, overreaching government control of healthcare."

Mitchell Howie, the Democrats hard-left candidate challenging Griffith said that he would have voted for the bill, despite reservations, such as no clear public option incuded:

From LeftinAlabama:

Parker Griffith, on the other hand has made it clear that he will not be supporting the bill. He has become something of a mascot for Republican opposition to healthcare reform, since his political party flip flop in December...

he was tapped by his Republican Party bosses to deliver a rebuttal to the President's Weekly Message. Disappointingly, but not surprisingly, he took an opportunity that could have been used to talk about our district, to parrot the same half-truths and talking points that Republicans have offered in place of solutions since the healthcare reform debate began, over a year ago. In place of real solutions, Congressman Griffith and the Washington Republicans offer more tax cuts for the rich, and incentives for insurance companies to cover the healthy and the wealthy, while working families struggle against the status quo.

Howie went on to say that despite his reservation that there was no public option included, he would have still most certainly have voted for the bill.