Former Republican Majority Leader Admits Obamacare Repeal Was a Long Con

by Eli SandersFormer House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Mark Wilson / Getty Images
As flagged by Paul Waldman in the Washington Post, there's an important—if too late—confession in this Washingtonian article.The confession is that Republican leaders knew years ago that their promise to repeal Obamacare was not an achievable goal, just a way of firing up a credulous base.“We sort of all got what was going on, that there was this disconnect in terms of communication, because no o