Finally, Republicans are getting smart on Obamacare. It took one of the savviest Republican senators — Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas with an assist from Sen. Mike Lee of Utah — to get the GOP to figure out how to replace Obamacare, reduce premiums and save money for the government — all without alienating millions of voters. He’s pulled the Republicans’ fannies out of the fire by flipping a political losing strategy into a big time winner.

"For years, the American people have been calling on Washington to build a bridge away from Obamacare. For years, Democrats prevented the Senate from passing legislation to do so. But in just a moment, that will change," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., declared in December 2015 before the upper chamber voted to pass a reconciliation bill that repealed much of Obamacare.