This is a big deal. After all McConnell's talk about wanting this done this week, he's delaying until the week of July 10th at the earliest.
A big deal in what way? Good news because the bill is facing more opposition than planned, or bad news because it shows McConnell really wants it to pass?
Both, I guess...?
Between that and this:
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Just came from WH. @realDonaldTrump is open to making bill better. Is Senate leadership?
Sounds like the White House is open to having the Senate start from scratch and rewrite the bill to address some dissident Senators' complaints. If they're catering to Rand Paul, it means that they've already written off Heller and Collins, but that's a dangerous game because they can't lose anyone else.
By the way, I have a hunch, based on a preexisting pattern, that Senate Bill 2.0 will come back with a scoring saying that 21 million Americans will lose insurance. If House Bill 1 said 24 million, House Bill 2 said 23 million, and Senate Bill 1 said 22 million, 21 million seems a safe prediction for this new draft.