Sheesh, your logic is just surreal. You ignore the fact that those governors would not be forced to make those financial choices if the Democrats had not rammed through Obamacare (as a budget reconciliation measure, not less) in the first place.
The aides' point about getting money to keep health services in place while they seek an alternative is perfectly valid and rational. You work within the system that has been imposed on you while you try to change it. There is no contradiction in that position whatsoever.
Again, were it not for Obamacare's ill-conceived provisions, those governors wouldn't be facing these decisions to begin with.