[wiseprince]

Paul Ryan should have done a much better job bringing people in early (even before the bill was finished). i would argue he should have probably even been talking to Democrats. Something this big that is passed by one party will be demagogued to death (see Obamacare). If you get buy in from others they aren’t going to run around the country calling it Obamacare 2.0 etc. The FC types went around the country labeling it early and that it too hard for them to cross back over and not sound like they were folding. The bill changed a lot from the beginning. These guys really screwed this up in too many ways to enumerate.

[so_real]

If you get buy in from others they aren't going to run around the country calling it Obamacare 2.0 etc.

But our ambition is to repeal it -- not edit it. They can't run around the country calling it RyanCare or TrumpCare if it doesn't exist. Repeal it. Toss it on the scrap heap. Done. And, then, seek a coalition with buy in from others to address genuine issues like pre-existing conditions, inter-state competition, health insurance co-ops, tort reform, etc. I support bringing people in early, as you say, when building the "replace" part of the "repeal and replace" campaign promise. But we specifically provided the Republicans both houses of Congress so we could address the "repeal" part successfully and in proper order: first.