We told you so.

During the battle to defund Obamacare last fall, we all warned that the schism within the party was about more than strategy; it was about the future of Obamacare itself.

At the time, our opponents within the party mocked our effort to defund Obamacare as a folly and even asserted that our strategy was distracting from the problems with Obamacare itself and would weaken our ability to repeal it.  They promised that as long as we hold tight and wait until Republicans win back control of the Senate, we could repeal Obamacare.

We responded by noting that once the dependency of Obamacare would take effect, the law would be immutable.  Even though the coverage offered by Obamacare would be subpar and eventually collapse the healthcare system, for the time being that is the only coverage many people would have, especially those who were thrown off their insurance plans.  We also pointed out that the first time Republicans would have full control of government would not be until 2017, at which point the law would never be repealed.

Nonetheless, they fought us every step of the way and publicly lambasted conservatives in the halls of Congress.  Obviously, Democrats had nothing to fear, as they knew the majority of Republicans had no intention of holding their ground and would even tear down their own base in order to do Harry Reid’s bidding.

Fast-forward just a half a year and Republicans are now admitting they lied to us.  They never had any intention to fight for full repeal of Obamacare.  Now that the defund fight is behind us, they are admitting that they cannot repeal it.  Over the past week, no less than John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul, and Cathy McMorris Rodgers – prominent GOP leaders who opposed the defund effort – have come out of the closet to imply, in varying degrees, that full repeal is a thing of the past.

What we are starting to see from GOP leadership is a pattern of only attacking those portions of Obamacare that the lobbyists for big business or the healthcare industry oppose, even though these same people have lobbied for the broader law.  The House plans to re-introduce the bill that would bailout Cigna – a supporter of Obamacare – from one aspect of the law that adversely affects them.

The irony is that while GOP leaders like Boehner and McMorris Rodgers are surrendering on Obamacare, they are vehemently pushing for amnesty and open borders.  Even Rand Paul, while backpedalling on repealing Obamacare, is talking up passage of amnesty and downplaying the problems with illegal immigration.

Folks, the fix is in.  If we continue down the same path and fail to install new leadership, don’t act surprised when Republicans abandon the effort to repeal Obamacare and go all in for Obama’s amnesty bill.  And frankly, if we reelect these same leaders, that is exactly what we deserve.