If you’re to believe Poe and the other reports that came out about the HFC’s tactics, and the lack of contradiction and correction, then yes.
And ‘changing their demands’ means ‘agreeing to vote in one way if these demands are met and then changing your mind AFTER the deal has been struck.’
That is genuine Nasty in terms of game theory. I’m not saying that it’s good or bad, please note. It’s a tactic, nothing more. But it IS the kind of tactic that has a very specific meaning in the business world. And using it marks you.
Why do you read so much into it???
Isn’t there room for anyone, who is a conservative, who campaigned in their own districts on repeal, who believed it would happen, who believes in free market principles, to simply say: “NO, The Ryan Bill is bad and doesn’t meet that my standard.”
What you and everyone else is giving me is hype about “game theory,” or Koch Brothers, or Club for Growth secret money, or future political ambitions, or #NeverTrumpers, blah, blah, blah