But, a bi-partisan effort guarantees that the Freedom Caucus will be locked out of negotiations, with the bill too centrist for their taste. I'm not so sure that a significantly bipartisan effort will occur. What Dems can or will significantly change their position, regardless of the evidence? Another year or two of this debacle should give conservatives lots of time to further make their case about WHY this sort of program is doomed to failure, even as millions are harmed by its failure. If it was me, I would argue: "Look at what's going on, and why. We can't have anything like this, without the same or a worse result."
Of course the sad part is the millions who will be harmed.
Conservatives cannot make their case; they just insult those they disagree with in a circular firing squad until no one is pure enough for the dwindling caucus.
President Trump will have to offer Democrats alot to get a Grand Bargain. President Obama was not willing to offer the Republicans enough to get their votes in such a deal. We shall see. Planned Parenthood will continue to be funded thanks to what the freedom caucus did today.