In “The Empire Strikes Back,” Yoda made effort sound simple: “Do, or do not. There is no try.”

Remember back to February 2017 through July 2017. The GOP tried, tried, and tried again to fulfill six years of campaign promises to repeal and replace Obamacare. First, Paul Ryan went on the attack. Even with all the momentum of a new president and administration, Ryan and the GOP House failed miserably. Eventually, they passed a wonky economic thesis-sounding bill a Wookiee would know was dead on arrival in the Senate. Then came Rand Paul and his “skinny repeal.” It was more repeal than replace, while also seeming like a diet product Marie Osmond would tout. Not surprisingly, that also failed. Finally, Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., tried a bipartisan science experiment. Failed again.