A few judges on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday over a pair of Virginia lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

But there are a couple of things preventing this from leading today's news. One, that it'll be at least three weeks before this panel hands down what is almost certainly a foregone conclusion. I mean, President Obama appointed two of them, with Clinton having seated the other, so this is hardly a season-ending cliffhanger.

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