A potentially very important development this evening on the Obamacare repeal front, as TPM’s Lauren Fox reports. HELP Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN), a key figure in internal GOP wrangling over repeal and eventual (if ever?) replacement, told reporters on the Hill that Obamacare repeal should come after a replacement is in place and “available” to consumers.
At the same time and in a similar vein, Alexander’s fellow Tennesseean, Bob Corker, was expressing his frustration that repeal as planned would wipe out the tax revenue to pay for an Obamacare replacement.
Just to emphasize the point: these comments, especially Alexander’s, are very much at odds with the McConnell-Ryan plan for immediate repeal.
