Pretty exciting that the head of this Freedom group (that I’d never heard of 5 yrs ago) is clearly aligned with the idea of finding a way to get the bill through the House and the Senate.
I’d like to remind folks of 2 things. First, the Supplemental War Funding bills of the early 2000s. The far left wing DEMANDED that their Dem Senators obstruct it via filibuster and refuse to fund the war they hated.
They never, not at any point during the process, failed to support a supplemental for GW Bush continuing the war in Iraq. The left wing demanded it. The Dem Congress people ignored them. The reason: Americans would die.
Expect EXACTLY the same thing if Obamacare requires ongoing funding. It’s not going to die, implode, explode or any other word you can invent. It will be funded to avoid American deaths, unless repeal and replace is enacted.
Second thing to remind folks of is a guy named Ben Nelson. He was a Dem Senator from Nebraska in 2010. Reid could not lose a single vote to get his 60 and get bills in place (that he later used as the basis of Reconciliation). Reid made it happen with special projects and addendums to send Federal offices and various funding to Nebraska. All to get Ben Nelson’s vote. It’s why the Omaha district is not all that red anymore.
You can rest assured McConnell will do the same thing to get GOP Senators to vote moderate their amendments and vote for the final product. Kentucky’s Rand Paul represents his state and McConnell (also from KY) will have no trouble sending extra projects to his and Paul’s state.
Expect a big Rose Garden ceremony celebrating the Do Something Congress and the F**** Big Deal of Repeal and Replace — which can secure those non conservative, former Obama voters in the Rust Belt for Trump in 2020, without whom there can be no victory.
Not "the" bill (the AHCA), but "a" bill - he wants a bill conservatives can vote for, which the current bill ain't.