To my mind, there is a lesson here for any politician or party. If you want your legislation to pass, your leader must be thoroughly familiar with the content, so that s/he can be an effective advocate. This requires hard work and persistence. I'd say that Trump's weaknesses contributed enormously to this failure (many thanks for that failure, too). He simply lacks the patience and long-term commitment required.

More than that, the failure reveals the deep divides within what is currently called the Republican party. The extreme right wing of the party want to effectively dismantle not only government, but virtually all public institutions, to give free rein to "private enterprise". Many of us might label this naked greed. It is essentially an anti-society view, that can do nothing but damage the country.