Mitch Punts, Gives Me Two Years To Live

(Fired this off to Robbie this morning and by lunch, Mitch's brilliant idea was already in the toilet!)
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Another email to Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH)
https://www.portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-form
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Hi Rob.  It's me again, your 62-year-old constituent with Stage 4 cancer being kept alive by Obamacare.

"Phew!  That was a close one!"

I'm sure you're breathing a big sigh of relief this morning.  When your GOP colleagues, Mike Lee and Jerry Moran, announced their opposition to a motion to proceed on the Senate healthcare bill, they did you a big favor -- they let you avoid your responsibility to make a decision and publicly announce your own position.  Lucky you, eh?  You probably should buy Mike and Jerry a nice dinner.

But now your feckless Senate leader Mitch McConnell says he wants to punt.  He proposes you pass a complete repeal of the ACA now, but with a two-year delay before repeal would take effect.  In other words, kill it  now and worry about it later.  (Or, in personal terms for me, I can live another two years, but after that, good luck.)  WTF???

You couldn't possibly dream up a more cynical, contemptuous, immoral idea.  You think you had a shit storm with your previous plans?  Just try to make this lead balloon fly.

You can't escape your duty.  Once again, Robbie, it's going to fall to you and other so-called "moderates" to do the right thing and save the Senate from itself.  Repealing the ACA remains a horrible and unpopular idea.  Be a man, stand up today and publicly renounce Mitch's disgusting "repeal now, worry later" scheme.  Vote NO!