After seven years of fervent promises to repeal and replace "Obamacare," President Donald Trump and GOP congressional leaders buckled at a moment of truth Thursday, putting off a planned showdown vote in a stinging setback for the young administration. The White House insisted the House vote would still happen — Friday morning instead — but with opposition flowing from both strongly conservative and moderate-leaning GOP lawmakers, that was far from assured. Moderate-leaning lawmakers were bailing, too, as the demands from conservatives pushed them even further from being able to support the GOP bill. At the White House, Trump insisted just before the delay was announced that "we have a great bill and I think we have a very good chance." White House press secretary Sean Spicer had insisted earlier that Thursday's vote would happen and the bill would be approved.

Source: ABC News March 23, 2017 08:01 UTC