Options:
1) The Houses actually passes RyanCare in whatever its current state is — GOPe gets what it wants, but the Senate probably kills it. Trump won’t be sad.
2) The House fails to pass anything. The US suffers while ObamaCare implodes. Trump is the winner and can tell everyone he really, really wanted to replace it. The GOPe, however, cannot say the same. Trump won’t be sad.
I see no likely downside for the President. He will move on and do other great things. Later, after the implosion, he will come back to this issue and say, “We tried your way, now let’s try the marketplace ...”
Moving on doesn’t mean do other great things. The President is 70 yrs old. He doesn’t give a damn about legacy. He may not run again if it’s not fun.
And worse, far worse, he CAN’T do other things. The budget savings in the healthcare bill were to keep deficit neutrality on all other plans, including paying for the wall. The debt ceiling has to be raised sometime in the next two months. The dems will vote no, these wackos will vote no, then there’s no money for the wall or anything else.
But with that scenario, we could lose the House in 2018... Then where would Trump be?
We have already had years of ObamaCare imploding and double-digit annual increases in health care costs. They elected Obama again.
No ... if Trump isn't successful in repealing ObamaCare like he promised given a Republican Congress ... then I am afraid he loses.
What I don't get is why it is so urgent to get a bill through the House on Friday. Congress and the WH should get in a lockdown mode until they can cut a deal. They are running three branches of the government FCOL.
I think Ryan is holding tax relief hostage until his healthcare is passed. I don’t blame Trump.