GOP moderates who ran on Obamacare repeal oppose Obamacare repeal

Published July 19, 2017 3:39am ET



It’s happened again. The Republican Party promised voters the world and failed to deliver — and some in the media are plopping the blame on conservatives.

“Don’t blame the moderates for the health-care debacle” was the headline at the Washington Post’s “Right Turn” blog, in an article that blasted, among others, “right wingers.” “Sorry,” wrote Post blogger Jennifer Rubin, “but Sens. Rand Paul R-Ky., Mike Lee, R-Utah, etc., are no heroes.”

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