By now it is well-established that advocates of the American Health Care Act failed to secure sufficient support from conservative members of the House Freedom Caucus last Friday to pass the bill. Both Paul Ryan and Donald Trump made that clear.
Of course, the debate will continue to rage over who ultimately deserves the blame (or credit), but in an immediate, practical sense, insufficient support from the Freedom Caucus prompted proponents to pull the vote Friday afternoon.
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