Perhaps as a result an angry backlash to last night's report by the WSJ that President-elect Donald Trump had allegedly sided with Rand Paul in pushing to delay the repeal of Obamacare until such time as there is a suitable replacement option, which as we explained are two entirely distinct processes, and that an ACA replacement could take years as it would require bipartisan support, moments ago the the NYT reported that Trump appears to have backtracked on his position as recently as yesterday, and has pressed Republicans to move forward with the "immediate repeal" of the Affordable Care Act and to replace it very quickly thereafter, saying, "We have to get to business. Obamacare has been a catastrophic event."

Trump's position undercuts Republicans who want a quick vote to repeal President Obama's signature domestic achievement but who also want to wait as long as two to three years to come up with an alternative. But more to the point presented last night, Trump's latest statement also is challenging the resolve of Republicans in Congress who do not want any vote on a repeal until that replacement exists such as Rand Paul, with whom Trump was said to have sided over the weekend.

According to the NYT Trump, "who seemed unclear about the timing of already scheduled votes" in Congress this week, demanded a repeal vote "probably some time next week," and said "the replace will be very quickly or simultaneously, very shortly thereafter."