No offense, but these political parties — especially the GOP — rely on this kind of naïveté for their existence.
The last time I had a conversation like this on FR was in 2010, when I boldly predicted that ObamaCare would never be repealed even if the Republican Party controlled both houses of Congress and the White House. The dude who scornfully rebuked me pointed to the party’s unanimous opposition to ObamaCare to support his view that I was an idiot. Maybe it was you? LOL.
Well, it’s 2024 … and the Republican Party doesn’t even talk about ObamaCare anymore.
As I said, there’s no way to know for sure. The vote was a complete disgrace is all that really matters, as Johnson went back on his 20+ times he promised not to bring it to the floor without it being tied to US border funding.
As for Obamacare, it is locked in because almost all Republicans now, in addition to all Democrats, want more government power. What will they want to take over next? Probably gas distribution. True conservatism and limited government barely breathes anymore.