Trum was supposed to be this tough mofo taht goes to DC and cleans out the swamp.

Now the Buck stops somewhere in the Future?

Talk about a bait and switch.

No wonder humans are livestock.

Meanwhile, apparently Planned Profit is still going strong with the Bhaal sacrifices and profit selling to bio gen corps.

Hence their silence, hence the collective decision to let Congress stew over 0-care.

The only way forward is to see 0-care totally gutted.

Trump does not want to be the fall-guy for Barry’s tempest of torments.

The smartest play is to let things muddle along until the Insurance Cartel gags on 0-care — which it wrote — setting the stage for a total re-think of the Insurance Cartel and the larger Big Medicine-Big Pharma Cartel.

The real crux of the matter is COST.

COST driven by Cartel politics.

Until COST is addressed, you’re only moving the deck chairs.

The other Cartel that needs attention: ACADEME.

But, I understand the political reality.

We have a POTUS who won’t or cannot make the sale on something bolder, with his low approval rating (credibility and trust) and the distractions that surround him.

In that environment, fat chance of swinging any furtive Republicans or dems on board via public pressure.

He is capable of nuance.

Meadows said he’s met with Cruz many times on health care, often “without any fanfare or any knowledge of his involvement.”

“I don’t know that it’s a different Ted Cruz, because I’ve seen this Ted Cruz before,” Meadows said. “The only one that got reported for a long time was the other Ted Cruz.”

“I’m very optimistic that his involvement this time will actually produce results,” Meadows said. “He knows the real pressure points and what becomes real obstacles for us.””
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This quote squares with what was louded about Cruz before he became “The Devil in the Senate” — what he is doing now demonstrates the MO he was known for in Texas and earlier.
Why he decided to go the Tough Guy route in the Senate instead of keeping to his established pattern is indeed a conundrum, although it might be wiggled out of this statement:
“”The week after the election I brought my staff together,” he said, and told them they had a new mission. For the past four years, he told them, they had been fighting “a president with a radical agenda” and had focused on stopping bad things from happening as the loyal opposition.”
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IMO, he saw no productive value in negotiating with the Democrats (per Rubio’s sad fate), and the majority of the GOP was actively sabotaging the newly-elected reformers.
With a President who might actually sign reform legislation, cajoling the GOP could actually produce something useful.