Republicans, help Trump avoid the near occasions of sin

If you liked President Trump's deal with Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi on immigration, you'll love the healthcare deal he'll cut with them soon.

Schumer and Pelosi, the top two Democratic leaders in Congress, seemed quite pleased with the deal, of course. So pleased, in fact, that they issued a celebratory joint statement about its result. In order to secure legal status for those who illegally immigrated as children, Trump had supposedly given away his border wall -- the one that he had talked about and promised non-stop since mid-2015 -- in an impromptu negotiation.

"We agreed to enshrine the protections of DACA into law quickly," Pelosi and Schumer wrote, "and to work out a package of border security, excluding the wall, that's acceptable to both sides."

Within hours, the White House denied that such a deal had been made, before later seeming to confirm the reports of a deal. In a Thursday press conference, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., pushed back against the idea of any such deal.

On the surface, Ryan reinforced the White House message that no such deal existed at all. But he added what looks like a veiled comment about Trump's evident propensity to make such deals: "I think the president understands he has to work with the congressional majorities to get any kind of legislative solution," Ryan told reporters.