“House Republican leaders and the White House, under extreme pressure from conservative activists, have restarted negotiations on legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act, with House leaders declaring that Democrats were celebrating the law’s survival prematurely,” the New York Times reports.

Said Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI): “We’re not going to retrench into our corners or put up dividing lines.”

David Nather: “Their comments confirmed that this is mostly an exercise in showing their supporters that they’re not giving up — and maybe giving conservative or moderate holdouts some time to reconsider their position.”