As the story goes, during the height of the French Revolution, the local revolutionaries were hopelessly split over what to do with the cathedral. One faction wanted to desecrate it, while the other favored demolition. A committee was set up to mediate the issue. The arguments dragged on and on, until conditions changed and everybody moved on to other issues. As a result, the cathedral stands proudly, undesecrated, today.
Something similar may be the best hope for Obamacare. Can the GOP unite around a plan that doesn’t destroy the markets and doesn’t represent political suicide? That remains to be seen. One thing is for certain: the Democrats struggled mightily to pass Obamacare with more votes in the Senate than the GOP has now, so this isn’t going to be easy.