Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer made a good point on Monday:
And that's before this story even broke.
A day after House conservatives panned a leaked GOP draft ObamaCare replacement plan, a top Republican leader on Tuesday described the proposed legislation as "no longer even a viable draft that we’re working off of."
Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), the No. 3 House Republican and chief vote-counter, told reporters he had just spoken to Republican Study Committee Chairman Mark Walker (R-N.C.), who issued a statement Monday saying he could not vote for the leaked draft or recommend his 170 members support it because of its use of refundable tax credits.
Another influential conservative leader, Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), came out against the draft plan earlier in the day.
But Speaker Paul Ryan still has on his happy face. "I feel at the end of the day when we get everything done and right, we're going to be unified on this." Yep, nothing wrong here, nothing at all. "I think you're going to have a lot of churning on legislation like this. This is a plan we're all working on together—the House, the Senate, the White House, so there aren't rival plans here." I wonder if he's talked with either the White House or the Senate about that?