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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has elbowed his way in to align himself with popular vote loser Donald Trump on Trumpcare, saying "I think President Trumps absolutely right that we should pass a clean repeal" if Senate Republicans can't come up with a bill that gets 50 votes. But Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) isn't going to let anyone forget that he was the first one to claim credit for what was actually Sen. Ben Sasse's (R-NE) bright ideaget Trump on board with a "clean" repeal. So while he and his senior senator Mitch McConnell are both back home in Kentucky, Paul is pushing hisand Trump'sagenda.

I talked to the president about it. He was very receptive, Paul told reporters in Louisville after a closed-door meeting with national restaurant groups. We havent had any feedback from the Senate Republican leadership.

Paul is carefully nurturingand usinghis relationship with Trump, the guy he called an "orange-faced windbag" not so long ago. For whatever reason, Trump wants Paul's vote on this, and keeps inviting him to the White House to talk about it. It gets Paul what he wantsnational media attention. It's not clear what it gets Trump. Maybe he actually thinks Paul has some kind of influence? Given how little Trump seems to understand about how government stuff works, that's a possibility. Regardless, Paul and Trump "lately [] seem more intent on tearing the law down than building a new one, undercutting McConnells efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act simultaneously."

They're all fighting for something truly awfuleradicating Obamacare and all the protections that came with it. And in doing so, might just save it. At the very least, they're accelerating the splintering of the Republican Senate and doing real damage to McConnell as a leader. None of that is bad.

We delayed Trumpcarefor now. But the GOP leadership is hell-bent on denying health insurance, and is working hard to coerce Republican senators. We need threeRepublicans to stand firm. Call your senator at (202) 224-3121 and tell them NO DEAL. Then, tell us how it went.

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