You have a pretty loose definition of talking point. It was pretty widely televised that McCain broke ranks with the party to prevent an ACA repeal [1] but igno

You have a pretty loose definition of talking point. It was pretty widely televised that McCain broke ranks with the party to prevent an ACA repeal [1] but ignoring that event there were many attempts over the course of 7 months [2] to replace it. That time could've been invested into literally anything else. But yeah a lot of things end up being campaign talking points. Like Obama saying they'd enshrine abortion rights into law and uh didn't. [1]: https://www.npr.org/2017/07/27/539907467/senate-careens-toward-high-drama-midnight-health-care-vote https://www.npr.org/2017/07/27/539907467/senate-careens-towa... [2]: https://ballotpedia.org/Timeline_of_ACA_repeal_and_replace_efforts https://ballotpedia.org/Timeline_of_ACA_repeal_and_replace_e...