An Obamacare thought experiment

[customerserviceguy]

1. If that were to happen

I have absolutely no doubt that the Rethug Congress would get any "credit" that came out of it, and that the President would get 100% of the blame from those who would oppose the move. Your scenario smacks of the National Lampoon's cover from forty years ago, where a revolver is held to a dog's head, and the caption read, "Buy this magazine, or we'll kill this dog". I cannot see the President doing that.

In any case, it's not going to happen. There will be a vote to repeal, and it will be vetoed. What will be interesting to see is when the Repukes start attaching their ideas to essential legislation, like annual budgets and that sort of thing.