and total catastrophe. we re changing it. we re going to make it much better, we re going to make it less expensive. but two years, don t do anything. the democrats will come to us and beg for help, they ll beg and it s their problem. but it s not the right thing to do for the american people, it s not the right thing to do. but not all republicans are as confident as the president. former house speaker john boehner through some shade yesterday. i shouldn t call it repeal and replace. trying to fix the flaws and put a more conservative box around it. dana, your thoughts? who is going to get this one right? i read a quote from jim mcdermott, a big-time democrat, he said the joke around washington is that the republicans are going to repeal obamacare and they will place it with the affordable care act.
i want to share what he had to say. i saw these missing child posters all over town. are you going to host a town hall? i m glad you are okay. are you going to host a town hall? there s a town hall today. we need to hear from you, senator. pardon me, that was a wrong clip. that was around marco rubio, i want to share what john boehner said. they will fix obamacare. i shouldn t call it repeal and replace. they are going to fix the flaws and put a more conservative box around it. all right. so, congressman, if that is essentially what s going to happen, just tweak it and put a new box around it, that s a really reasonable idea. what does that mean for democrats? you spent so much time and effort putting together obamacare. if they just improve it, repackage it and put trump care on the cover, are you okay with
repealing obamacare. i shouldn t call it repeal and replace. basically he will fix the flaws and put a more conservative box around it. it s not all that hard to figure out. except this, in the 25 years i served in the united states congress, republicans never ever one time agreed on a health care proposal. not once. all of this happy talk went on in november, december and january about repeal, repeal. we ll do replace. i started laughing because if you pass repeal without replace, first, anything that happens is your fault. former speaker also weighed in on the first month of the trump administration. saying the trump administration will likely look much like the trump campaign. divisive and incoherent and
pass repeal without replace anything that happens is your fought. i should have called it repeal or replace, it s not going to happen. they have going to fix the flaws and put a more conservative box around it. back with me. ashley, err erin, we hear a different story. he is happy to no longer be speaker. a glee. yes. he knows the house well, you have 24 republican districts where hillary clinton won where it s going to be tough for them to repeal obamacare and hard
health secretary was concerned. a plan to replace the affordable care act is easier said than done. we don t have a plan yet. just today, former republican house speaker john boehner, called the idea of repeal and replace, quote, happy talk. he said congressional republicans are, quote, going to fix obamacare. i shouldn t call it repeal and replace because it s not going to happen. now, with no other legislative accomplish ams accomplishments to tout, republicans are getting an earful at town halls with nothing to argue back with. some republicans have offered proposals. one from susan cassidy. and rand paul and mark sanford. other republicans have other ideas. that s the problem. there are a lot of ideas. it s like having two quarterbacks that you think you can start. it means you have none. joining me now. jonathan cohn and from forbes.