Could be. Reagan signed amnesty shortly after the midterms of 1986.
The GOPe wants to ride the Obamacare train to political victory with conservatives sucked into voting for them out of anger and fear.
That's the way of modern politics -- vote for me, I suck less than the other guy.
Reagan was easily fooled so many times too. He was “told” by the GOP-E that if he signed King Day into law, blacks would flock to the GOP. I guess he really believed that.