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Some anti-Obamacare advocates, however, said it is vital that Congress act to stabilize the insurance markets.

“They need to pass a repeal-and-replace bill … Either they do, or they have to go back to the drawing board,” said Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute.

Meanwhile, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) pitched an alternative Thursday that would keep some of Obamacare’s taxes in place but turn the revenue — estimated at $500 billion — over to states in block grants.

The plan also would repeal the Obamacare tax on medical devices and offer states more flexibility in spending Medicaid dollars.

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“Here’s what will happen: If you like Obamacare, you can reimpose the mandates at the state level,” Graham told CNN. “You can repair Obamacare if you think it needs to be repaired. You can replace it if you think it needs to be replaced. It will be up to the governors. They have a better handle on it than any bureaucrat in Washington.”

Added Cassidy: “A blue state can do a blue thing; a red state, a red thing.”

Turner said the Graham-Cassidy proposal might be worth considering as a Plan B if the Senate cannot pass the bill currently up for debate.

But Bozell suggested the bill is a diversion meant to browbeat conservatives into accepting the McConnell bill.

“It’s just a nice, little leadership ploy to get conservatives to bite on this,” he said.

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Pye, of FreedomWorks, suggested that Graham is naïve if he thinks an alternative can lure support from Democrats.

“Their ultimate goal is single payer, and they’ve been quite open about that,” he said. “Republicans cannot work with Democrats on this. They need to stop living that dream.”[lz_pagination]