Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Republican health care bill on life support

Josh Kraushaar/National Journal (limited time view):

Why Republicans Are Losing the Health Care Fight

GOP leaders sound so unconvinced about the merits of their own proposed policy that they’ve stopped trying to make the case for reform entirely.

So Mc­Con­nell will keep chug­ging along, des­per­ately try­ing to craft some le­gis­lat­ive com­prom­ise that can sat­is­fy Re­pub­lic­an mod­er­ates and con­ser­vat­ives alike. Don’t bet on it suc­ceed­ing. Even the best-laid plans need some pub­lic sup­port be­hind them. And Mc­Con­nell isn’t get­ting any help from any­one—wheth­er it’s the pres­id­ent, his own Sen­ate, or even his party’s top com­mu­nic­at­ors—in selling such wide-ran­ging re­forms to an un­aware elect­or­ate.

One thing @HotlineJosh gets right here: Rs were better at undercutting ACA than selling their own plan, in terms of persuasion.

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And when we provide the CBO topline (22mil lose ins, budget def reduced) opposition climbs to a whopping 64%! 5/ http://pic.twitter.com/1Bjbximqb6

— Aaron Strauss (@aaron_strauss) June 28, 2017

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