Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is urging Democrats in Washington, D.C., to reconsider the use of the “deem and pass” rule to approve health care reform and is threatening a state suit against any such comprehensive bill.

Noting that Washington, D.C., is “working out their scheme” to pass a health reform bill, the governor of Idaho has signed into law a bill blocking any individual mandate to secure health insurance and give the state the right to sue to protect that freedom.