Poof! The GOP's Disappearing Promise To Vote To Replace Obamacare

[DonViejo]

SAHIL KAPUR – FEBRUARY 28, 2014, 6:00 AM EST

House Republican leaders are gradually backing away from their promise to vote on legislation to replace Obamacare in 2014.

"House Republicans will rally around and pass an alternative to Obamacare this year," House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) said on Jan. 30, at the annual GOP conference retreat.

It seemed like a huge step after Republicans spent four years campaigning on "repeal and replace" without putting forward a health care alternative of their own. But one month later, GOP leaders are singing a different tune, downplaying the prospect of a vote in 2014 and insisting they're just beginning the conversation.

"We're going to continue to have conversations with our members about tax reform and continue that discussion. The same kind of discussion has to continue to go on with regard to replacing Obamacare," Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told reporters on Thursday. "And so, we're going to continue to go through a lot of ideas. You can see our members -- they've introduced 126 different ideas about how to fix Obamacare, how to replace Obamacare."

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[Nye Bevan]

1. "Bring back medical underwriting!"

somehow does not seem like an election-winning slogan. I think the Republicans are starting to realize, to their chagrin, that the most important parts of Obamacare are politically irreversible.