GOP leaders are trying to win over the popular moderate and outspoken Obamacare repeal critic, believing his strong influence over Sen. Dean Heller in the health care debate could get them one vote closer to victory,
Though other Republican governors have problems with the Senate bid to gut Obamacare and end Medicaid as an open-ended entitlement, Sandoval is thought to be the likeliest to flip a "no" vote to a "yes" to give Majority Leader Mitch McConnell the 50 votes he needs to pass a repeal plan.
“At the end of the day, it comes down to Sandoval,” one Republican aide said of Heller's position.
