The Unusual Dynamic of the Obamacare Negotiations

Both sides did something they don't always do, which is simply say, okay, if you've got a no-go zone, we're just not going to go there. The Trump administration's very public efforts to try to use the threat of sabotage as a tool has soured congressional Democrats on trying to save the Affordable Care Act. They really want to maintain the construct that Donald Trump is the president of the United States and he should not deliberately do things that will engineer worse health care outcomes.