The spending issue was not the only issue they could have attached. There is a trade issue and there is the old XL pipeline among others. The point is they do not wish to make a distinction between themselves and the dems. Mark my words, they are relying on winning solely on O care and the dems will find a way to flank them, as usual. Boehner et al are only interested in picking fights with the tea party and like groups. The “moderates” and dems in GOP attire.
Boehner and the rest of the French Republicans want to ram this through this debt limit preemptive surrender before the negative reaction to the business mandate waiver gets bigger.
There would have been growing momentum to insert the Democratcare fight into the debt limit bill and they want no part of that obviously.