Republicans will need at least eight Democratic votes in the Senate to pass a replacement to the Affordable Care Act, and some Democrats claim they're willing to be flexible when the time comes.
"If it makes sense, I think there'll be a lot of Democrats who would be for it," Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said.
But many Democrats are skeptical that Republicans will have a good alternative: "For six years, I've looked [for Republican replacement plans] in closets, I've looked in committee rooms, I've looked under desks. … They've had six frickin' years to figure it out," McCaskill added.
While there will be particular pressure on Democrats up for re-election in 2018, the public could also sour against Republicans if ObamaCare is repealed. "The political calculation changes once we're in post-repeal world," one senior Democratic official said.
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