VP Pence is too cynical to be in denial:  he is simply lying to divert attention from the fact that where Obamacare was weak, it was because of Republican intransigence.  Where it was strong, Republicans have attacked it or allowed private insurers to undermine it.  The GOP bears 100% of the responsibility for the weaknesses of Obamacare, for its almost certain collapse, and for the ruination of health care for more than 20 million Americans in the short term and many more in the long term.  The fact that he says these things is proof positive that he knows no shame, and is no Christian.