Historically, the Ryan house has produced bills that absolutely killed obmacare when obama was in office. They knew these bills would not be signed and would be killed. So it was easy to show some guts that they don't show now.
Why don't they produce the same bill now that the bill would be signed by a President Trump. This is the worst exercise in political gamesmanship ever and it's all engineered by Ryan.
The Rep opposition to Obamacare was political. The reality is that the GOPe and the big government Reps liked it. They supported mend it, don’t end it. This is what is happening now. They are scared that the Dems will use Trumpcare in 2018 and 2020 the same way the Reps used Obamacare. You can bet that not a single Dem will vote for Trumpcare.
I'll preface my remark with "I detest Ryan and am not defending him." But, he is not the only one who plays this game with the public, it is baked into every single Congresscreep. It is one of the ways they lie and justify backing away from their predictions, stated principles, and promises. There is deep institutional rot, and I believe the rot will eventually consume the institution.
Ryan is more visible due to his position, and on this project, he is acting a bit of "point man," perhaps to give others some cover.