Good Friday morning. I'm Anna Palmer. Welcome to your Politico Playbook Flash Briefing,

sponsored by the Coalition for Affordable Prescription Drugs. And I'm Jake Sherman. President Donald

Trump is meeting with House Chairman involved in repealing and replacing Obamacare. The participants

include Vice President Mike Pence, Budget Chairman Diane Black, Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady,

Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden, Education and Workforce Chairman Virginia Fox, and Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte.

In the House, practically no one knew what this meeting was about, including top aides

to the participants, leading to a couple head-scratching phone calls with us Thursday evening.

The two main committees, Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce, have passed the legislation, so it's a touch late for a strategy session. But a White House

source said it to quote, thank you to the chairs that guided repeal and replace and a chance

to call attention to the fact that the bill passed through committee with unanimous Republican support.

So where do things stand? Top vote counters in the House say they think the

health care replacement legislation will get through their chamber. It won't be easy and it won't be

pretty. But there is increasing skepticism that it can get through the Senate. Senate Majority Leader

Mitch McConnell sat down with us Thursday morning for a playbook interview. The Kentucky Republican

reminded us that the legislation will be subject

to unlimited amendments when it hits the Senate as part of the reconciliation process, practically

ensuring it will be changed. If this bill blows up, Trump has privately signaled he'll blame

Democrats who are expected to stand in unified opposition to the legislation. But that might not

work. Republicans say it's on

Trump to make this thing happen. One thing to keep on your radar screens, where the Congressional

Budget Office comes down on this bill. CBO director Keith Hall, who was picked by Republicans,

including HHS Secretary Tom Price when he was in Congress, is expected to release the cost of the

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