Beware of RINOcare - Repeal In Name Only

Republicans are facing a basic political problem on Obamacare: If they fail to repeal the unpopular law, they will be reneging on a central promise that they have been making to voters for years, but if they go ahead with repeal, they’ll be under fire for disrupting the insurance arrangements of millions of Americans.

As opponents of the law watch this play out, they should beware of ways that Republicans could try to square the circle – making changes to Obamacare that they claim constitute repeal, even though they leave many key elements of Obamacare intact. Call it Repeal In Name Only – or RINOcare.