There is a flaw in your reasoning above and I know you are not alone in it.
Going along with Dems passing redistributed freebees that poll well this year is not going to help the GOP get rid of all the freebees in Obamacare (they probably wont really try either) sometime later.
Freebees are always popular.
Effective arguments are required.
The GOP must negotiate with an eye on actually gaining something.