i don t think it can be simultaneous. i don t think they can. another problem for them is that the obama care is based on exchanges, and that really was a republican idea originally. to the extent they ever had an idea that involved universal health care, it was the exchanges. the other things they talk about, like selling across state lines or health savings accounts, that helps around the margins, but they won t deal a lot with the number of uninsured that obama has gotten on the roles. just i think what they are trying to do process-wise when they say they want to do it simultaneously is to pass the law that says repeal but not to have that go into effect. the repeal doesn t go into effect until the replace takes place. that s what they re trying to do. whether they can do it, who knows? the other thing is just to add to what these guys said, what rahm emanuel, who was then barack obama s chief of staff said as they were really shoving