We should fight, then settle.
Who knows... we might even win.
But if we accept the premise that government should be running healthcare, we have already lost.
You know what? Ryan is probably okay with offering a hardcore right wing bill, provided there is quid pro quo — meaning when the House GOP moderates say no, then the right wing has to accept their defeat and work towards Replace, as well as Repeal.
In fact, Ryan probably started from that position, learned quickly from the conference that there was only tiny House support for such a thing, and then wisely crafted a bill that had a chance to get through Reconciliation.
The problem here is the extremists don’t want to govern. Simply that. They want to generate speaking fees, but not actually produce legislation that will pass the Senate, which is what is required to govern.