Quote:It hurts me to hear that but I know you are right. It's heartbreaking really, if Trump is as conservative as he keeps telling us, Rand Paul should be his best friend in the Senate. The sooner he realizes that the Paul Ryan wing of the party is not his friend, the better off he will be. 

 

Trump isn't a conservative.  Let's just get that straight from the start.  He's a pragmatist.

 

The White House was talking to Rand Paul last week about his proposal, trying to see what could be done to get his support for the existing bill.  Fortunately, he wasn't willing to cave, and the conservatives stuck to their guns.  This "repeal" plan Ryan was trotting out there was a joke, and the rhetoric they were spinning was no different than Pelosi saying we'd need to pass the bill to find out what's in it. 

 

It basically left the majority of ObamaCare intact.  It would have been a hollow victory if they actually got the votes. Essentially, nothing would have changed.  Having this thing blow up the way it has is actually an opportunity to go back to the drawing board.  The republicans (establishment RINO sect) submitted several repeal bills to Obama for his veto, but when they had the ability to actually do something about it, they chickened out.  Everyone knows this ObamaCare law is a joke that is going to implode.  Something will have to be done, and in typical fashion, congress will sit on their hands until there is a looming crisis on the horizon and they've got no choice. 

 

Rand Paul's bill will end up being the most feasible option at that point.

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