“Seize the moment,” Cantor told them. The delay, he predicted, could “destabalize the coalition for Obamacare.” He then called on the House to pass a one-year delay of the individual mandate to go along with an employer-mandate delay. “After both bills pass we combine them into one bill to send to the Senate,” he said. “On the delay of the employer mandate, we will make the point that the president doesn’t have the authority to just ignore the law. It will also force Democrats into the position of supporting or opposing the president.”