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Posted: 2017-03-14T15:38:06Z | Updated: 2017-03-14T18:41:50Z

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is quickly becoming the most vocal Republican critic of House Speaker Paul Ryans (R-Wis.) plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Just days after warning the plan could cost House Republicans their majority in the 2018 midterm elections, Cotton ripped into the GOPs three-pronged approach to replacing the law with tax credits and health savings accounts.

There is no three-step plan. That is just political talk. Its just politicians engaging in spin, Cotton said in a Tuesday morning interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt.

Last week, the speaker outlined the steps lawmakers and the administration will take to repeal and replace Obamacare. First, he said, Congress would pass the American Health Care Act with the help of a process called budget reconciliation. Second, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price would take administrative action to deregulate the Obamacare marketplace. And third, Congress would pass additional legislation to allow policies to be sold across state lines.