Republicans thought they left the Obamacare repeal debacle far in the rearview mirror, but President Trump has suddenly revived it, leaving Republicans scratching their heads about what to do next.

Lawmakers were caught off guard when Trump, in a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill last week, urged them to revive their long-dead effort to repeal and replace the Obamacare law with something more affordable. Their earlier efforts to repeal the healthcare law may have cost them the House majority in 2018 and could further hurt their political chances at the ballot box in 2020 if they try again to undo it.