It wasn't votes the Republicans lacked

[randr]

They had no clue how to legislate health care.
After 7 years of telling the American people that they knew what they were doing, they stepped up to the plate and missed a lob thrown by Trump.

[irisblue]

1. The ability to govern is not the same as poo flinging. NT

[Freethinker65]

2. Overreaching is a Republican trait

Let us hope there are enough of them with no capacity to learn where they made their fatal mistakes.

[ffr]

3. Accurate analogy.

I think where they've been trying to go all along was repeal and terminate, not replace. Then people starting liking the fact that their health insurance was Affordable thanks to the ACA and voila, now they have to replace.

Can't do that, because, as you say, they cannot legislate. They're great at getting elected on empty promises, but TERRIBLE at governing.

[shraby]

4. It was a lack of caring about people and only caring about the almighty dollar.

If they had put some love of people's health into it, they might have had something worth considering. Since they are cold hearted assholes, that will never happen.

[NCjack]

8. You are correct on the Main reason for GOP failure.

[randr]

5. I would thank the Repubs who voted nay

except that their idea of improving our health care system was even worse.
What an utter display of contempt for we the people.
I have never in my life seen anything like it. On second thought I see it every day coming from the WH.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. That holds for the Tea Partiers, not the moderate Repubs.

The Tea Partiers voted no because the bill wasn't draconian enough.

The Moderate Repubs voted no because the bill was too draconian, esp. for the Medicaid recipients. I think they had the right idea.

[randr]

7. The very few and far between rational Republicans who have not been eaten alive.

[NCjack]

9. Yeah DEMs. Not one DEM gave them a vote. nt