Republicans learned that they will always win. Any attempt by Dems to use their leverage is a bluff, and they know it. This was the best chance Dems had to actually deliver for people because Republicans were LOSING on the shutdown.
Only solution now is new Senate leadership.
I just asked Sen. King what changed in the Dem caucus on ACA now, since Thune had offered them a vote weeks earlier.
He said: “I think the length of the shutdown. The question was as the shutdown progresses, is a solution on the ACA becoming any more likely? It appears not.“