Like Heller, Jerry Moran of Kansas gave a somewhat impassioned defense of Medicaid recently. He voted against the repeal and replace bill last night, and for the repeal and delay today. Both deeply cut Medicaid. But he has managed to 1. kill off the the bill (repeal and replace) that had a real chance of being passed 2. vote for a repeal bill that he knew had no chance 3. keep his conservative bonafides while so far defending rural hospitals, which he says is his goal. His role in all of this is interesting and worth watching.
