Obama's AFL-CIO threatens to primary rep for acting in its interest

Rep. Stephen Lynch is a South Boston Democrat and former union ironworker. Yesterday, he announced that he'd be voting no on ObamaCare. Lynch has voiced several concerns, but his most serious is the bill's punitive tax on so-called Cadillac health plans. Such plans are often used by unions and would hurt their bottom line. That didn't sit well with Lynch, a labor Democrat with a very blue-collar constituency.

The unions aren't particularly grateful. Yesterday the blog Plum Line was sent the following from a source inside the AFL-CIO.

The AFL-CIO source sends over the list of House Dems who are being targeted:

Dennis Cardoza, Jim Costa, Daniel Lipinski, Stephen Lynch, Michael Michaud, James Oberstar, Steve Dreihaus, Charlie Wilson Marcy Kaptur, John Boccieri, Zack Space, Tom Perriello, Jason Altmire, Christopher Carney, Paul Kanjorski, Tim Holden, Jerry Costello, Alan Mollohan, Nick Rahall, Kathy Dahlkepmer.

The source says that the threat of a primary or third-party challenge will be implicit, particularly since the AFL-CIO is already supporting Arkansas Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter’s primary challenge to Blanche Lincoln.

Lynch is acting in the AFL-CIO's direct interest and they're threatening to primary him. It shows the extent to which many unions have become activist arms of the Obama Administration rather than organizations of workers. The Service Employees International Union, Obama's favorite union and the largest in America, is also working to primary ObamaCare apostates.