Mike Lee wants to keep negotiating and get back to the table on health care, saying that it makes no sense to walk away after only devoting 17 legislative days to the bill.
He makes a lot of sense:
.@SenMikeLee: “Devoting 17 legislative days to a bill, and then walking away from it…makes no sense.” #MTP pic.twitter.com/LUN8E867xg
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) March 26, 2017
But I wonder if anyone is in the mood to listen. They’re all blaming the Freedom Caucus for not voting for a bill that had 17% support of Americans, as if that was the most brilliant move ever.
No one has explained why they rushed the bill without any input and the only thing I can think of is that they wanted to do it in time for Obamacare’s 7th anniversary. Now, who do you think pushed for that marketing and publicizing ploy – the GOP, the guys who are always awful at communications, or Mr. Reality-Television? I wonder…