Keep this in mind as you listen to the whisperings from "Republican insiders" talking to the Worst Web Site in the World: Negotiations always look bleak before you get a deal. That's why you don't have the deal yet. That's why they're still negotiating.
The challenge in the House is to get to 216 votes, and they couldn't do it the first time around because the House Freedom Caucus wasn't satisfied. There's no sense delving again into who was responsible for that. This time, HFC chairman Mark Meadows is negotiating directly with Tom MacArthur, the chairman of the moderate Tuesday Group, to try to get a deal that both groups' members can back.
