Yesterday was a bad day period. It was a cynical, bad bill that Ryan pushed out there because he knew Trump almost had to throw full support for it.
As bad as it was it needed to pass with the hope Price could change enough to make palatable. I don’t think there would be a phase 3. That said, l wished it had passed. This hurt Trump at a time when he needs a big win. I’d say the odds against any meaningful tax reform are pretty high. No one should be happy today we all lost. In principle the FC was 100% right but taking the long view they should not have blocked it in the end.
“In principle the FC was 100% right but taking the long view they should not have blocked it in the end.”
I think the long view is that health services would have been even more expensive after passing Republican care and the voters would’ve massively voted against Republicans in the next few elections.