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2017-09-22 Government

McCain May Have Killed Republicans' Last Chance To Repeal Obamacare

[Daily Caller] Sen. John McCain of Arizona announced Friday afternoon that he will vote against his Republican colleagues’ last-ditch effort to repeal and replace Obamacare.

"I cannot in good conscience vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal. I believe we could do better working together, Republicans and Democrats, and have not yet really tried," he said in a statement Friday.

Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, along with Sens. Dean Heller of Nevada and Ron Johnson Wisconsin, put forth a bill that would repeal major portions of Obamacare and replace the system’s funding mechanism with block grants in an attempt, according to the senators, to promote state innovation in the implementation of health care.

McCain was, along with Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine and Rand Paul of Kentucky, serving as one the key holdouts.

Republicans need 50 "yes" votes to pass the bill under the Senate’s budget reconciliation, and they currently have roughly 48 senators behind the bill, according to Cassidy.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-09-22 14:18|| || Front Page|| [17 views ] Top

#1 Can we return the favor?

Posted by DarthVader 2017-09-22 14:44|| 2017-09-22 14:44|| Front Page Top

#2 As long as we have RINOs, we will always have a three party system.

Posted by Threatch Jeamp8135 2017-09-22 15:15|| 2017-09-22 15:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Sorry Theatch, we'll have the current (corrupt) 2 party system. It's just more difficult to calculate the score.

Posted by AlanC 2017-09-22 15:49|| 2017-09-22 15:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Having observed the two for some time now I think it seems unusual for McCain and Graham to be on different sides of an issue. My only theory on the matter has nothing to do with principle but instead I wonder if Graham no longer sees McCain as a viable partner.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-09-22 16:22|| 2017-09-22 16:22|| Front Page Top

#5 If he doesn't die soon from his brain tumor the country is in dire need of primarying him out. All of his contrariness is simply because he wants to see nothing succeed during the Trump administration because he is so jealous Trump was able to get elected President and he could not. He proves himself unworthy of any public office almost daily now.

Posted by Warthog 2017-09-22 16:25|| 2017-09-22 16:25|| Front Page Top

#6 McCain's legacy.

I guess we just give it two or three years without life support and all this will be moot.

Posted by gorb 2017-09-22 16:45|| 2017-09-22 16:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Yes, let us proceed in a spirit of love and bipartisanship. *BLEEP*. Perhaps, in his dotage, John has forgotten all the one-sided weaseldom and parliamentary bumfoolery that was involved in passing Obamacare in the first place. (long string of *BLEEP*s redacted)

Posted by SteveS 2017-09-22 17:06|| 2017-09-22 17:06|| Front Page Top

#8 The worst Democrat is often a Tame Republican.

Posted by Iblis 2017-09-22 17:20|| 2017-09-22 17:20|| Front Page Top

#9 He was always the Manchurian Candidate.

Sorry to other ex-POWs.

Posted by 3dc 2017-09-22 23:40|| 2017-09-22 23:40|| Front Page Top

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