In the wake of their epic fail, Republicans are busy finger-pointing and climbing over one another to shout “I was the one who pulled the bill,” and insisting that they were trying to strip more than 20 million people of health insurance out of a noble desire to help not just average Americans but congressional Democrats. But let’s be clear: they lost big here. They lost big on their own goal.
Let’s recap a little of what happened here. Early Friday morning:
TRUMP’S TRIUMPH. And early Friday afternoon:
Trump wanted his enemies list. He didn’t even get that, presumably because someone convinced him not to take that big a public loss. And for some Republicans, a certain reality may be starting to sink in:
You think? Seven years, dozens of repeal votes, and a dominant House majority and they couldn’t get anything done. It’s pathetic—but it’s great for the nation as a whole.