Say-—just say-—Repeal passes. It’s going to be very, very hard for any R to not vote for a repeal. You might get Collins, but it would still pass. Even two defections still passes.
Then it goes to conference with the House. Ok, then what? House would have to abandon the “replace” stuff . . . and we are left with . . . Repeal.
How is this bad?
And while we want tax relief, I think most of us are pretty happy that Congress isn’t doing anything else.
Now that Collins and Capito have already said they will not vote for a straight repeal the only question is how many more Republicans will join them. I'm guessing about six.