"..."repeal and replace" appears to have been rebuffed and rejected."

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. What makes McConnell certain that he will be able to win repeal of ACA after the November elections?

Only way in hell that will happen is if one of their clowns winds up getting elected POTUS AND the Senate and House go Republican, which is highly unlikely IMHO the way things are going now. The only wildcard is SCOTUS and what they will do but the worst that will probably happen IMHO is that the mandate would be judged unconstitutional but I can't see the entire law falling because of it, particularly since only one court has killed the entire law whereas all of the others have either upheld it in its entirety or attacked the mandate. I still don't understand all the fuss over the mandate b/c, as I understand it, the "mandate" is rather toothless and nobody is going to be hauled off to jail or fined if they don't buy health insurance- and most people already have some form of health insurance coverage, so...........?