[Alberta's Child]

Fact is, our reconciliation options for dismantling Obamacare are extremely limited with 51 votes. People who want our ideal plan are kidding themselves if they think Schumer is going to waive it on through.

I understand that. I'm not even asking for an "ideal plan." I'm looking for something that does more than change 20% of Obamacare at best.

My own Congressman announced that he was going to vote against the plan -- and he's at the opposite end of the political spectrum from the Freedom Caucus. He was opposed to it because only 16% of his constituents supported it.

Who in their right mind would ever criticize ANY member of Congress from EITHER political party for voting against a bill that had such piss-poor public support?

[MountainWalker]

This bill was only 122 pages and published online, but I’d wager that 90%+ Republicans had no idea what was in it. They only know what their favorite conservative radio host or influential Twitter guy said about it.

Also, the bill was a committee vote of sorts. It would have come back from the Senate totally different. McConnell supposedly had a whole new bill that he was going to use as an amendment.