McConnell knows the GOP health care plan is not going to work. Regardless of the politics, (which are, of course, abyssal (which is even worse than abysmal!)); it was cobbled together in secret and in a hurry with no rhyme or reason or planning. No effort or thought has gone into the plan, its only guiding principle is that it is NOT Obamacare. The Democrats are obviously going to hate it, but its support among Republicans is also divided. Only the strictest Party discipline will get it passed. And what's starting to finally dawn on these guys is that if it ever is drafted into law and signed by the President it will be a failure. That is not a political assessment, it simply reflects the obvious, the plan has no guiding philosophy, support or internal structure other than reflexive hatred of the last President. And when it collapses, which it must, Obamacare will no longer be around as a scapegoat for what even the most devoted Strumpets will quickly recognize as a deterioration of their health care.

McConnell and Ryan can then say "Sorry, we tried our best, but it was not to be. The Dems just sabotaged us" if it fails in the Senate. But if it passes, they will own it. All of it. That may not be a good thing for them in the long run.

Given their past whining about how Obama "crammed Obamacare down our throats", this is truly breathtaking cynicism on the part of the GOP. Then again, if it works this time, they will have a working model of how to pass all of their programs through Congress, especially tax reform, without debate or opposition.

Next will come "Legislative Reform", or the systematic dismantling of all that Congressional "red tape", like those petty committees, hearings, debates,and speeches that the minority and the Liberal Media use to obstruct the Will of the People. There is a precedent for this. Your homework assignment is to consider The Enabling Act of 1933.

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (W. L. Shirer),
Book Two: Triumph and Consolidation,
CHAPTER 7: THE NAZIFICATION OF GERMANY
Gleichschaltung: the "Coordination of the Reich"