re: #228 FormerDirtDart

Well, there’s the story of Ron Johnson (R-WI) saying on CNN that he won’t vote for the bill without time to review it and get public comment. So, that’s likely one. Pencil in Collins and some combination of Murkowski, Sullivan, and Capito (Alaska and West Virginia have very high Medicaid enrollment from what I understand). Plus the public comments from people like Hatch and McCain about being annoyed they haven’t seen anything in the bill. And the fact that Trump’s approval rating is approaching that of most STDs.

McConnell is usually smarter than this, but maybe the play really is to put it up for a vote and see it not pass; then he and the hardliners can say how they fought the good fight, but its the law of the land and like Medicare or Social Security, we’re just going to have to find a way to make it “more market oriented” rather than get rid of it. Or some other bullshit, since, after all, it was their own damn proposal in 1994.