GOP Still On Cruz Controlled

Here's your cause:  Ted Cruz says Republicans will repeal "every word of Obamacare" in January.

"If there's one things that unifies politicians of both parties, you know, their top priority is preserving their own hide," Cruz said on ABC's "This Week" when asked if the GOP could repeal the health care law while President Obama remains in office. "And if enough Congressional Democrats realize they either stand with ObamaCare and lose, or they listen to the American people and have a chance at staying in office, that's the one scenario we could do it in 2015. If not, we'll do it in 2017."

Cruz reiterated that he can repeal "every single word" of the law.

When host Jonathan Karl asked if Cruz was positive a repeal was possible with Obama in the White House, the senator indicated it wasn't a large factor.

"You know, what's funny, Jon, is the media treats that as a bizarre proposition," Cruz said.

"Well, it is," Karl responded. "It is a bizarre proposition."

Cruz then said that pushing for a full repeal was the best way for the GOP to win elections in 2014.

Here's your effect:  House Republicans are now holding the Medicare "doc fix" hostage over Obamacare.

House Republicans have a bold new strategy to attack Obamacare, which involves huge pay cuts for physicians unless Democrats agree to delay the law's individual mandate to buy insurance.

GOP leaders intend to vote on legislation this week, aides say, to delay the individual mandate in order to fund a "doc fix" that avoids a 24 percent pay cut to physicians under Medicare -- which will automatically take effect on April 1 unless Congress acts. Inaction would disrupt the health care system, in part by causing many doctors to stop accepting Medicare patients.

Break the system so it can't work, then blame Democrats for it not working.  The Ted Cruz Shutdown wing of the GOP still calls the shots...because every Republican is a member.

Repeat after me:  there are no moderate Republicans.