Over the next few days, President Trump is slated to usher a bevy of Republicans into the White House,

to whine and dine them over Trump care, the replacement plan for Obamacare that looks much more like Obamacare light

than like an actual liberty-based reform destined to free Americans from regulatory burden

and allow them freedom of choice in a competition-based marketplace.

Undoubtedly, some Republicans, those most in danger of a primary challenge and most fearful of Trumpian vengeance, will cave, but the whole scenario reveals a few basic truths.

First, President Trump is not ideologically driven.

Anyone who thinks Trump is ideologically driven rather than driven by desire for popularity and power should be disappointed by this Trump care rollout.

Trump doesn't know what the details are.

He clearly doesn't care very much. His plan is simple. Boil down the health care choice here to two binary options. Option one. Ram through this deeply flawed bill that minimizes political harm to him by trimming around the edges of Obamacare while fibbing to the base that has been repealed and replaced. Option two. Push the bill as hard as possible. Watch it fail. Then blame Republicans for presenting him with a flawed plan he pushed like a good soldier and blame democrats for blocking much-needed reforms second nobody knows anything about basic communications trump care was rolled out amidst questions about secrecy just like obamacare it was rushed just like obamacare and when conservatives objected to its provisions, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Team Trump answered, but it's just part one of a three-part plan. Question, shouldn't you have led with that, you idiots? If you're going to throw out an unpopular, largely unworkable bill that adds to the debt while continuing to undermine free markets, shouldn't you tell us what the non-crap in the crap sandwich is going to be?

But no.

Also worth noting, Republicans don't have to do a massive replacement package.

They could simply pass repeal, then pass a series of shorter bills aimed at freeing the health care markets.

Daniel Horowitz over a conservative review has a pretty good summary of such actions.

Third, congressional Republicans have no spine.

It is no surprise to see congressional

Republicans on the verge of being wooed by Trump with bowling and pizza. Yes, seriously,

bowling and pizza. This allows them to avoid responsibility. ObamaCare, like all other

redistribution programs, has a set of specific into fuse victims, which means it's more

politically popular than unpopular at this point to keep big swaths of it. Trump care allows Republicans

to do this while blaming Trump. But Republicans elected in 2010 and 2014, they should be wary of

the blowback. You can't keep promising the moon forever and then deliver some moldy cheese as a

replacement. Fourth, Steve Bannon is sitting pretty. In the White House power game, it's Bannon versus Pribus. Prebus is the man allied with Paul Ryan. He's Ryan's man on the inside, attempting to shape policy by coordinating with Congress. Bannon is the smash-em-all-out outsider, who couldn't care less about Congress, hates Paul Ryan, and thinks Prebus is a gormless Wo wussy boy. However, this thing now shakes out.

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