Article snippet: The Trump administration’s surprise call for the courts to strike down ObamaCare upended Capitol Hill on Tuesday, putting Republicans in a bind while giving Democrats new talking points on one of their favorite issues for the 2020 elections. GOP lawmakers for the most part were reluctant to even talk about the Justice Department’s decision to call for all of ObamaCare to be struck down in a court filing. If the courts agree with the Justice Department, it would dramatically change the way health care is now delivered in the country, and insurance companies were among those criticizing the administration’s decision. For the GOP, it shifted the political discussion from a more welcome storyline about the end of special counsel MORE’s probe to health care — the issue Democrats see as helping them win back the House majority last fall. House Minority Leader MORE’s (R-Ky.) office had no immediate comment. Democratic presidential candidates, for their part, quickly denounced the move. “In 2020, we need to elect a president who will make health care a right,” Sen. wrote on Twitter. Senate Democratic Leader MORE (N.Y.) said the administration’s move ties an “anchor around the neck of every Republican for the next two years.” Many Republican lawmakers declined to take a firm position on whether they support or oppose the Trump administration’s move, but their guarded responses illustrated the difficulty of the issue for them. McCarthy’s spokesman issued a statement later ... Link to the full article to read more