This is such an excellent troll. 1. It puts the left in an awkward position because he beats them to the punch on an agenda that's been a pretty big platform for them. 2. It dissociates him from the Pence/Cruz/Ryan republicans as more centrist/conservative and less religious right.
In my opinion he'll be pissing off all the right people with this one.
It embodies two keys that Republicans should be about; state rights and individual freedoms.
*I agree about beating the Dems to the punch too. That is a great political move.
Nice to see Republicans actually acting like the small-government, states' rights attitude of theirs means something.