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Will 'Denounce-and-Preserve' Beat 'Repeal-and-Replace'?

Rolling back Obamacare will require full Republican support in the Senate. Rand Paul—and others—could defect using a familiar political play.
Source: Joshua Roberts / Reuters

Watch Rand Paul to understand why Obamacare repeal is in so much trouble.

Paul faces a more agonizing dilemma than almost any other Republican senator. A libertarian ideologue and Tea Party stalwart, Paul has spoken vociferously about the imperative of repeal for years.

Yet Paul also represents a state that has done

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