[Rockitz]

Make like Nike and "Just repeal it!"

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Let the waffeling Republicans vote AGAINST full repeal.
Time for them to show their cards.

[southernindymom]

It’s time for them to show their cards. This way, we know who to primary out of office over the next two elections. BUT we have to get a true Conservative Republican to run against them and then SUPPORT that candidate with plenty of cash bc the RNC sure won’t.

[Souled_Out]

Who falls for this cap? Rand Paul is a dim witted moron, putting himself before America!

[The_Republic_Of_Maine]

In Maine there are 251 MEN and 1 million three hundred thousand pussies!

[DoodleDawg]

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a leading conservative in the U.S. Senate and driving force on the healthcare debate that has played out this year, told Breitbart News exclusively on Tuesday he is pleased that the U.S. Senate is going to move forward on efforts to pass a clean partial repeal of Obamacare

That pleased feeling didn't last long.

[bert]

The problem boils down to a few women.

Give them some new shoes and a few billions and they might come around.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

That Congress should pass a clean repeal of Obamacare now, the bill they did in fact pass in 2015, then worry about the replacement later. Former President Barack Obama vetoed that bill then, but President Trump would sign it.

That's why the GOP Senate will not pass a repeal of Obamacare now - because Trump would sign it. Passing repeal when they knew Obama would veto it was an easy empty gesture, which the GOP specializes in. Passing repeal when your president is in the Oval Office and would sign it means rolling back what is perceived to be an entitlement and requires backing up your stated principles and leadership, both of which are too much to ask for from the GOP.

[9YearLurker]

FWIW there is this from Jonah, over at Never Trump Central:

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449622/rand-paul-health-care-republican-plans-repeal-replace-obamacare-principles-self-interest-ron-paul

[Beowulf9]

Clean ‘partial’?!

Gimme a break. No such thing as a clean ‘partial’.

Clean is everything is off the table.

[b4its2late]

We’ll see how far this gets.

[sickoflibs]

RE:”I’m encouraged that we’re moving towards a clean repeal,” Paul told Breitbart News. “I’ve been advocating for some time that an insurance company bailout is not what we should be voting on. So now we’ve gotten rid of the insurance company bailout and we’re going to vote on what we voted on in 2015....”

Oh brother, is he still making believe that something will pass on this?

If he really believes in what he says he should be personally rounding up the votes so its not another failure.

[jonrick46]

Drive the stake into it!

The vampire of Obamacare.

[Maelstorm]

We should’ve had a clean repeal instantly. Let the few who may vote against what they already previously voted for and see how that works out for their traitorous assess. We didn’t vote for GOP to have them preserve Obamacare. I 100% support Rand on this.

[Mr. K]

THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE THAT IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

If they want to let ACA languish for 2 years, Trump _MUST_ EO the Louisiana Purchase and the Cornhusker Kickback.

[Ray76]

Despite pols’ claims what was voted on in 2015 was not repeal.

See sections 204 and 205 regarding the individual and business mandates. The mandates were not repealed, the penalty amounts were set to zero.

Leaving the structure in place is dangerous. It allows a future congress to set the rates to a non-zero amount.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3762/text

[bazbo]

After reading 50 plus comments on this thread it struck me that the comments are as conflicted as republican congress members.

[matthew fuller]

I agree with Rand.

[TangledUpInBlue]

Rand couldn’t command himself out of his own underwear.

[Engraved-on-His-hands]

Rand is a libertarian. I am a social conservative. Those two viewpoints don’t always agree with each other, but frequently they do. This is one of those times.

I stand with Rand.