When he tries to sell it, he either talks politics or says Obamacare is bad. The fate of the Republican health bill in the House could rest on President Donald Trump’s salesmanship. He pitched himself as the ultimate deal-maker during the campaign, and Speaker Paul Ryan’s office has lately been hyping him up as “the ultimate closer.” With Republicans still short on votes, his intercession may be the only thing that can save them.
Yet there’s one glaring oddity in the pitch Trump’s been making — it doesn’t include anything even remotely resembling an affirmative case for the actual bill House …read more
Source: Vox