Listening to Congressman Jim Banks of IN today, he was saying it wasn’t just the Freedom Caucus who killed this, it was also several of the GOP moderates and liberal republicans who were claiming this went to far in undoing parts of O’care for their liking.
Problem is, they’d have gone along to get it to conference whereas the FC would go along with nothing but full repeal. Another way of saying that is to say they’re voting to keep Obamacare around in full until we have 60 senators for full repeal, which means our grandchildren will still be grappling with this albatross like us w/ SS & Medicare after a few more kicks down the road.
The moderates have voted against Obamacare all these years. Why now would they not stand against it? The Freedom Caucus never moved. We know who was voting for show all these years. Giving the Freedom Caucus 80 percent turned off the moderates? The moderates were still getting 95 to 98 percent of what they have always wanted. I will take Freedom anyday.