| | For Senate Republicans, the only thing worse than voting on a controversial health care bill may be not voting on it. The GOP has been vowing to repeal Obamacare almost from the day it was passed, hammering the issue through four successive elections - campaigns in which Republicans managed to win control first of the House, then of the Senate and finally the White House. That political bill has now come due, whether Republicans are ready to pay it or not. In a high-stakes maneuver, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled the "discussion draft" today and insisted the Senate would vote on the bill next week after just 20 hours of debate. That turnaround is extraordinarily fast for a major piece of legislation, particularly on a measure that divides his troops and doesn't yet command the 50 votes he'll need to pass it.
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