Except a repeal will not pass.
And therein lies the problem...a repeal fails to get the votes to pass.
“Except a repeal will not pass.”
True. It appears nothing will pass.
I still think it’s great that McConnel is proposing a straight repeal because it provides real leadership and political cover for conservatives facing reelection after ACA implodes.
There is no question that liberals will blame Republicans no matter what happens or does not happen with ACA - that is a foregone conclusion - no republicans should be courting liberal or MSM approval - they will never get it.
The only people Republicans should be courting the aporoval of are limitted government conservatives who helped get Trump elected. These people will consider any effort to do anything but a 100% straight Obamacare repeal as a violation of the spirit of a Trump campaign pledge.
If Republicans are smart, they’ll follow the lead of Rand Paul, Trump and now McConnell - promote the idea of “repeal now, replace later (never)” then move immediately the tax cuts.