Can Mitch McConnell defuse the ticking Obamacare time bomb?

President Trump once compared Obamacare to a ticking time bomb, suggesting his predecessor set it to detonate after he left office.

Congressional Republicans have certainly found that analogy apt when it comes to disassembling the healthcare law. Untangling its complicated web of subsidies and mandates is like deciding whether to cut the blue wire or the yellow wire. Every move you make could blow up in your face.

Now it's Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's turn to oversee the bomb squad. The healthcare bill language to be unveiled Thursday could blow up the fragile unity among the 52 GOP senators. Even if McConnell succeeded, it could go on to explode in the House.

"I hope we are going to surprise you with a really good plan," Trump told a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Wednesday. "I've been talking about a plan with heart. I said, ‘Add some money to it!'"

Trump was speaking in a state where most counties are set to have only one insurance provider selling coverage on the individual market next year. That insurer announced it could only do so by increasing premiums by an average of 43.5 percent.