Former Gov. George Pataki issued a victory statement in response to a Virginia federal judge’s decision earlier today that the Obama administration’s health care law is unconstitutional – a move that brings this dispute one step closer to being settled by the US Supreme Court.

Pataki noted that his national PAC, Revere America, spent well over six figures targeting Democrats who had voted “yes” on health care reform, including outgoing Rep. John Hall, who lost to Republican Congresswoman-elect Nan Hayworth.

Pataki’s spending put him at odds with NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, who has been decrying the skyrocketing of undisclosed contributions to independent expenditures thanks to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision.

The former governor has acknowledged he hasn’t ruled out another potential White House run in 2012, but while he’s moving around the country a good deal, higher profile Republicans like Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, and Mike Huckabee (to name a few) are getting the lion’s share of attention.

Here’s Pataki’s statement in full:

“Today’s ruling by the U.S. District F Court that ObamaCare exceeds the regulatory authority granted to Congress under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution is a victory for better healthcare outcomes, a stronger economy and a reaffirmation of Constitutionalism,” Pataki said.

“While this ruling sends an important message, the most immediate means to repeal and replace ObamaCare is through congressional Action. Revere America looks forward to the seating of the 112th Congress and calls on its members to take swift action to immediately undo the most pernicious impacts of this law.”

“This ruling confirms what I have been saying all along, ObamaCare is both bad policy and unconstitutional.”

UPDATE: Ben Smith has the ruling in question, and Gawker reminds us of the financial interest the judge who issued it has in a GOP consulting firm.

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