What would it take?

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House Republican leaders abruptly pull their rewrite of the nation’s health-care law

“So much about political power is about perception. And if the perception is that you can’t get your first big initiative done, then that hurts the perceptions down the road about your ability to get other big things done,” Byrne said in an interview before the decision.

I long for the days when making bills was about doing what's best for the majority of the population, not about perception that you suck at doing your job.