Business Insider: Graham-Cassidy running a September 30 deadline
Politico: Can it even pass?
It is hardly repealing Obamacare, although at this point it about as good as things are ever going to get. It does shift the Medicare portions of Obamacare to the States (via block grants) which is ok. They probably have 48 or 49 votes. With Collins and Paul as likely noes, that leaves it all on McCain and Murkowski. I assume Graham can woo Cranky John (he has his ways), but Murkowski?
Instapundit: Caution Speed Bumps Ahead
Rush Limbaugh: Is a Doubting Thomas on last minute push
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Not a fan. I suspect it will pass, because GOPe needs something to sell voters on 2018. Right now, they are totally bankrupt of useful ideas, with the only possible options being a platform that is anti-Trump in order to invigorate the NeverTrump crowd that don't think of themselves as Democrats. I think they've drawn that voting block on a Venn-Diagram and gulped at how small that group is. So pass something that has the words Repeal on it, which does no such thing.
ReplyDeleteI am not a fan of anything other than full repeal, but that is not going to happen. I suspect McCain/Murkowski/Collins are more about a big FU to Trump than anything else.
DeleteRand Paul is more about principle, but his state benefits from Obamacare so he is also about appeasing state interests even if he doesn't say so.
Murki is all about the money (why Palin couldn't stand her), so an appropriate figure can be arrived at, but Songbird will want the spotlight with everybody hanging on his word.
ReplyDeleteThing is, he's such a vindictive bastard (witness his treatment of Miss Sarah), he just might screw everybody to spite Trump.