"Obamacare is the law of the land," House Speaker Paul Ryan announced Friday[1] after Republicans were unable to muster enough GOP support to bring their health care bill to a vote.

"We came up short,"[2] Ryan said, a day after President Donald Trump delivered an ultimatum to House Republicans demanding an end to negotiations.

Trump thanked Ryan for working "very hard" on the failed effort. The real losers[3], the President said, were Democrats, who didn't support the bill. They own it, he said. "Let Obamacare explode."[4]

Democrats gleefully accepted the charge.[5] "Today's a great day for our country," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said. "It's pretty exciting for us."

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