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Mike Pence does not get a lot of respect around the Trump White House. The vice president went around defending national security adviser Michael Flynn, who was under investigation for meeting secretly with Russian officials, and no one in the presidents inner circle bothered to tell Pence that he was making a fool of himself. Indeed, according to a Politico report, Pence only learned he had been misled by national security adviser Michael Flynn after the Washington Post reported on Feb. 9 that Flynn had discussed sanctions with the Russian ambassador

Thats embarrassing.

But it is also instructive.

When it comes to making things happen in Donald Trumps Washington, Pence does not matter much. He literally does not know what is going on.

Pence confirmed that in Janesville last week, when he announced that the American people know Obamacare has failed and Obamacare must go.

The vice president was spreading fake news.

The real news was found in the headlines that appeared in the weeks before the vice president arrived in Janesville:

NBC News (Jan. 17): As GOP pushes repeal, Obamacare has never been more popular

CNBC (Jan. 20): New poll shows Obamacare is more popular than Donald Trump

Business Insider (Feb. 2): Obamacare getting more popular

Politico (Feb. 22): Support for Obamacare is rising

CNN (Feb. 24): Support for Obamacare at all-time high

The Hill (Feb. 27): More than 6 in 10 oppose Obamacare repeal

Poll after poll after poll has indicated that the popularity of the Affordable Care Act is rising.

The current polling from the Pew Research Center finds that 54 percent of Americans approve of the ACA, while 43 percent oppose it. That, reported CNN, is the highest level of support for the health care reform measure ever recorded by Pew. The latest polling data from the Kaiser Family Foundation find the highest level of favorability measured in more than 60 Kaiser Health Tracking Polls conducted since 2010.

Polling data fluctuate. But here is the interesting twist: Surveys frequently show that, among those who favor altering the ACA, most want it to be made stronger not weaker, as Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, propose.

A new McClatchy/Marist survey, released a few days before Pence came to appear with Ryan in Janesville, found that 65 percent of Americans would like to see portions of the Affordable Care Act retained. According to Washingtons The Hill newspaper, Twenty percent say lawmakers should let the health care law stand as is, while 38 percent want any changes to enable it to do more and 7 percent hope alterations make it capable of less.

Only 31 percent supported complete repeal.

Why would Pence peddle the fantasy that Americans despise the ACA when that is clearly not the case?

Perhaps he is again being misled.

Perhaps he has fallen for the falsehoods that are advanced by insurance-industry lobbyists and career politicians like Paul Ryan who simply say what their campaign donors want them to say.

Whatever the excuse, Pence is wrong.

And no one in Wisconsin should take him any more seriously than do the people who are running things in the White House.

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When Paul Ryan wanted to spend more money, his budget got blown up. When John Boehner tried the same thing earlier on, an axe suddenly came down on his head. And now that Obamacare repeal is on the table, Vice President Mike Pence must succeed where those House speakers failed.

Specifically, Pence must win over the combative and determined House Freedom Caucus. Nothing less than the entire White House healthcare agenda rests on his ability to woo 40 of the most conservative representatives in the 435-member House. Already, though, it's been tough going.

In a closed-door meeting on the Hill this morning, Pence warned Republicans not to mount a revolt against a recently released Obamacare repeal package. A few hours later, members of the Freedom Caucus gathered for a press conference in front of the Capitol to give their answer.

"Our goal is real simple," Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told a gaggle of reporters, "bring down the cost of insurance for working and middle-class families across the country." Without addressing Pence by name, Jordan dismissed the vice president, describing the American Healthcare Act as "Obamacare in a different form."

Specifically, the feathers of the fiscal hawks have been ruffled by the news Republican leadership planned to install a new system of refundable tax credits and keep Obamacare's Medicaid expansion in place until 2020. Long story short: The Freedom Caucus won't listen.

That's not exactly a surprising development. Both Jordan and Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va., told the Washington Examiner that leadership's repeal bill was a non-starter. "It doesn't matter who comes to us and asks us to go along with this devastating program," Brat said late Monday night. "The answer will be no." That's a bitter and personal bummer for everyone involved.

Last September, after Ryan told House Republicans to go their own way, Freedom Caucus members went out campaigning for the Trump-Pence ticket. When the nominee was behind by double digits, Brat and Jordan were climbing onstage next to the vice president in Ohio and Virginia. Ever since Trump won that election, though, the conservative faction has been losing influence.

Like a cheap date, the White House has taken a shine to leadership and left behind the Freedom Caucus. Sure, Trump elevated an original member of the Freedom Caucus, South Carolina Rep. Mick Mulvaney, to head up his Budget Office. Other than personnel changes, though, the administration hasn't followed the group's lead on policy. Soon things will get even more awkward.

Tomorrow, Jordan plans to head to the House floor and introduce a 2015 bill that thoroughly guts Obamacare. But when he dredges up the pastjust three House Republicans voted against the bill before Obama vetoed itthere won't be any going back.

Also from the Washington Examiner

Conservative insurgents in the House and Senate oppose the bill.

03/09/17 8:52 AM

Just like they bucked Boehner and Ryan before, the Freedom Caucus will be revolting against the White House. And right now, there doesn't seem like there's anything Pence can do about it.

Philip Wegmann is a commentary writer for the Washington Examiner.

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The relentless Malden Catholic offense knocked Marshfield out of the Super 8 with a commanding 7-0 victory to sweep the first-round series Wednesday at Chelmsford Forum in Billerica.

Senior Kyle Casey recorded 17 saves in Malden Catholics balanced attack.

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We played one of our better games all season, so the shutout wasnt too hard with the way we played, Casey said. Its just good to move onto the next round.

Malden Catholic (15-4-3) will play Arlington in the semifinals.

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Senior defenseman Matt Yianacopolus scored on shot from the point 2:10 into the game. Senior Brendan Maloney tacked on another less than 30 seconds later, and the score held at 2-0 after the first period.

Senior Joey Guarino extended the MC lead to three, netting his seventh of the season 3:37 into the frame. Marshfield (19-4-2) kept up its physicality, but struggled to keep up with the Lancers, who tallied two more goals in the second and two in the third. Junior Colin Nestor, sophomore Jagger Benson and senior Justin Collins all scored and Guarino got his second to round out the 7-0 win.

For Marshfield, the schools first Super 8 appearance ended in disappointment, but the loss didnt dimish its strong season.

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Were happy we get 2 points, and we get to play whenever they tell us the next game is, MC coach John McLean said.

Eighteen-two-two in the regular season, won the play-in game [against Austin Prep] and got to the Super 8 for the first time in school history, said Marshfield coach Dan Connolly. Right now it doesnt mean anything to them, but in a week or two weeks when they look back and realize what they accomplished, they can be proud of it.

Arlington 4, Hingham 1 Every time Hingham appeared to break through in Game 2 of its Super 8 first-round series against Arlington, Peter Scheschareg was there to turn the tide back in the Spy Ponders favor. The senior captain, nicknamed The German Freight Train by his coaches and teammates, potted three goals at Chelmsford Forum, one in each period, to lead Arlington to a date with Malden Catholic in the semifinals.

Each period gets bigger as the game goes on, and youve got to get bigger and faster, you cant slow down, Scheschareg said. You need to put everything on the line in the last couple periods, so thats what I try to do.

Hinghams forecheck was strong in the first period, but they struggled to generate high-quality scoring chances. On the other end of the ice, Scheschareg created offense for Arlington (20-2-2) on his own. He raced into the offensive zone along the left wing with just under 4:30 left in the frame and slid the puck past Hingham junior goalie Robbie Kornack to net the lone goal of the first.

Scheschareg did it again in the second, this time scoring on a shorthanded breakaway. The Harbormen (16-6-2) pushed for a goal, but junior goalie Jack Pinard was near perfect against the barrage.

In the third period, Hingham senior Jack Hennessy got his team on the board with his 13th of the season, but as the Harbormen closed in, Scheschareg answered. He completed his hat trick with 2:23 left in the contest, cutting through two defenders before slipping the puck past Kornack with just one hand on his stick. Senior Mic Curran added an empty net goal a minute later, sealing the victory. Arlington is set to square off with No. 1 Malden Catholic with a trip to the Super 8 Final on the line.

MC is the premier program in the state, Coach [John] McLean does it the right way, Arlington coach John Messuri said. I wont put the nightmare in [my teams] head just yet, Ill let them sleep one night without the night light on.

Division 1 North

St. Marys 4, Arlington Catholic 2 The Spartans (16-7-2) surged to a 3-0 first-period lead on the way to a semifinal victory at the Tsongas Center in Lowell.

St. Marys will play the Andover/Austin Prep winner in the North final on Monday.

Senior forward Dante Maribito netted the games first goal with a wrister from the blue line. Junior defensman Nicholas Scalli extended the lead from about the same spot. Junior Jason Loeser netted the third goal of the period.

We got pucks to the net early, St. Marys coach Mark Lee said. When a goaltender lets one in early, next thing you tell them is you want to get pucks to the net. We did and getting that little bit of a lead gave us some confidence early.

Arlington Catholics Mason Beecher scored with 15 seconds left in the second period to bring the Cougars within two. In the third period, Jack Bertolami scored on a two-on-one opportunity to make it a one-goal game, but Maribito netted an empty-netter to seal the game for the Spartans.

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Andover 2, Austin Prep 1 Prep netted the equalizer with 1:37 left, but following a timeout, Michael Reilly scored the winner with 21 seconds remaining, lifting the Golden Warriors (15-5-2) to the semifinal win at the Tsongas Center. Andover will play St. Marys in the North final on Monday. When we called the timeout after they tied it, we said we wanted to attack them deep, said Andover coach Chris Kuchar. That threw them off a little bit. We were trapping the first two and a half periods and then we said we are going to unload on them. Reilly took a pass from Caedon Dillman at the bottom of the right faceoff circle and fired a shot into the back of the net. Michael Biddle scored the first Andover goal with two minutes left in the second period. Nick Carafelli scored the tying goal for Prep.

St. Marys 4, Arlington Catholic 2 The Spartans (16-7-2) surged to a 3-0 first-period lead on the way to the semifinal win over AC (12-7-4) at the Tsongas Center in Lowell. Senior captain Dante Maribito scored the games first goal on a wrister from the blue line, junior defenseman Nico Scalli extended the lead with a wrist shot from the same spot, and junior Jason Loesner converted a centering pass from Mike Desmond with a tally from in front of the net. When the Cougars closed with one in the third period, Maribito scored an empty-netter.

Division 3 South

Old Rochester 6, Dartmouth 3 Sophomore Sam Austin netted a pair of goals for the Bulldogs (22-3) in the semifinals. Old Rochester will play Rockland in the sectional final on Sunday at 3:15 p.m. at Gallo Arena in Bourne.

Rockland 5, Nantucket 2 The Bulldogs (21-1-3) erased an early 1-0 deficit with four straight goals to hand the Whalers (19-1-3) their first loss in a semifinal at Gallo Rink. Seniors Brian McCullough, Chris McHugh, and Matt Dunn, freshman Zack Callahan, and junior Mike Flaherty score for Rockland, which will play Old Rochester/Fairhaven in Sundays final.

Division 3A Central

Oakmont 6, Lunenburg 2 Freshman Jake Hewitt scored four goals and Greg Morin added four assists as No. 4 seed Oakmont Regional skated away from top-seeded Lunenburg.

Grafton 2, Littleton 1 Brendan Coates scored 28 seconds into overtime to lift the visiting No. 3 Indians (15-6-1) over the second-seeded Tigers (12-5-4). Grafton will play Oakmont in the championship at 4 p.m. Sunday. Noah Charron scored in the final minute of the first period for Grafton. Sean Kitian scored Littletons goal with 52 seconds left in regulation.

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