Chuck Todd apparently fell off a turnip truck this morning.
Maybe he didn't. Maybe he doesn't actually believe what his "solid source" is telling him, but is simply passing it on. Because this is a completely transparent ploy for anyone who's paid any attention to Mitch McConnell's kabuki. Like Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy (CT):
There was a long and heated exchange between Republican and Democratic leaders on the floor this morning in which Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn repeatedly said that what they released this morning is just the “discussion draft” and it will be amended. That’s just one clue that the fix is already in with the supposed “opposition” from three Senate Republicans. Here’s another:
These three senators—my guess is Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Rob Portman—will stake out their supposedly “principled” opposition, only for at least one of them to be “won over” by “concessions” by next week. Don’t let them—or any Republican—off the hook on this.
URGENT: Give your Republican senator a piece of your mind about Trumpcare.