When Kasich really wants something, he’s willing to put all of his resources and staff behind it, and he is willing to play rough in order to achieve his goal.   But with Medicaid expansion, Kasich appears to have completely given up.  And it makes us wonder if he was ever really serious about it from the beginning.

When the union-busting provisions in Senate Bill 5 were under attack, Kasich’s chief-of-staff and multiple other members of his office took a leave of absence to help fight for the bill.

When John Kasich wanted to wrestle control of the Ohio Republican […]