Jeb Bush Doesn't Back Government Shutdown over Obamacare

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush isn't quite on board with the efforts of some of his party to threaten to shut down the government to defund Obamacare, according to The Hill.

"I'd just add a little dose of reality," said Bushat the National Press Club on Wednesday, following statements from Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.

"If you control one-half of one-third of leverage in Washington, D.C., your ability to influence things is also relative to the fact that you have one-half of one-third of the government ... It's a reality. This isn't a hypothetical," he continued. "So as we get closer to these deadlines, there needs to be an understanding of that, or politically it's quite dicey for the Republican Party."

The potential presidential candidate is just one of many Republicans who believe shutting down the government over Obamacare will damage the GOP, but the battle over Obamacare and how to handle it has the Republican Party split.