I was glad to hear John Boehner come right out the gate and say that the number one priority for the new GOP led congress will be to repeal Obamacare. Of course this won’t be easy, and in fact it won’t happen quick. But if we follow the plan for the next three years it will be repealed by 2013.

1. As the Ny Times reported today phase one will be to cut any funding to running Obamacare by using the power of the purse.

“WASHINGTON — As they seek to make good on their campaign promise to roll back President Obama’s health care overhaul, the incoming Republican leaders in the House say they intend to use their new muscle to cut off money for the law, setting up a series of partisan clashes and testing Democratic commitment to the legislation.

Republicans, who will control the House starting in January but will remain in the minority in the Senate, acknowledge that they do not have the votes for their ultimate goal of repealing the health law, the most polarizing of Mr. Obama’s signature initiatives.

But they said they hoped to use the power of the purse to challenge main elements of the law, forcing Democrats — especially those in the Senate who will be up for re-election in 2012 — into a series of votes to defend it.

Republican lawmakers said, for example, that they would propose limiting the money and personnel available to the Internal Revenue Service, so the agency could not aggressively enforce provisions that require people to obtain health insurance and employers to help pay for it. Under the law, individuals and employers who flout the requirements will face tax penalties.

Moreover, Republican leaders said, they plan to use spending bills to block federal insurance regulations to which they object. And they will try to limit access to government-subsidized private health plans that include coverage of abortion — one of the most contentious issues in Congressional debate over the legislation.

Those are just a few examples of the ways in which newly empowered House Republicans plan to use spending bills to pressure Mr. Obama and Senate Democrats to accept changes in the law.

Given their slim majority, Senate Democrats must stick together if they want to avoid sending Mr. Obama spending bills and other legislation that he would feel compelled to veto, setting up the prospect of a broader deadlock and, in an extreme situation, a government shutdown.

The House Republican whip, Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, described the strategy this way: “If all of Obamacare cannot be immediately repealed, then it is my intention to begin repealing it piece by piece, blocking funding for its implementation and blocking the issuance of the regulations necessary to implement it.”

“In short,” Mr. Cantor said, “it is my intention to use every tool at our disposal to achieve full repeal of Obamacare.”

This an excellent plan and one which will please the public of which a majority want Obamacare repealed. Congress has always had the power to shut off funding of any program the majority decided they didn’t want. Democrats did this during Vietnam and it effectually ended our involvement.

But then what?

Simple. Throw up a sample bill which will provide the ground work for the repeal of Obamacare. Pass it in the house, let it go to the senate and let the Democrats show by their vote where they stand on the issue. It will likely go through the Senate where Obama will veto it, thus further distancing himself from the public.

This will set the stage for 2012 where I believe the GOP will keep the house, reclaim the senate and with a good candidate win the Presidency. At that point Obamacare would be repealed at will.