“If a fix involves eliminating some of the mandates forever under the guise of ‘keeping your insurance’ it will kill the Obama care core: the exchanges.”
Yes - but if we vote ‘present’, it will be THEM who killed it, not us!
I understand what you are getting at like when the GOP forced an Iraq vote in 2002 to get Dems on the record so they would also be to blame later when it went bad.(which didnt work in the end, GOP still got all the blame anyway)
At this late stage with Dems calling for a bill that Obama doesnt want the only way I see the GOP losing is if they were to somehow help make Obamacare work, if thats even possible.
Democrats own Obamacare. Too many votes. Too many statements on cam.
A vote on the right bill could make the GOP look responsible and caring (and they poll in the teens on those two now) at the same time blowing a hole in Obamacare, with Dems leading the charge.
Its a fun thought.