Because he just can. It’s what they do because of their narcissistic delusions of power. And perhaps it’s because what’s happening is exactly what they intended to happen; therefore, in Reid’s mind, falls right in line with they are really trying to accomplish.
I’ve said it before, the ACA has nothing to do with healthcare, let alone affordable healthcare. If it did, they wouldn’t be forcing American to buy health insurance; they would be forcing healthcare providers to reduce their prices. They’d cut off the wheeling and dealing that goes on between providers and insurance companies. This is about destroying the commercial insurance industry to establish a single-payer system. It’s about government control of 16th of the economy. And when they’ve accomplished this, they will move on to the next industry. Energy! And they've already laid the foundation for that.