Sen. John McCain says he cannot support Graham-Cassidy Obamacare repeal bill

CNBC ^ | September 22, 2017 | Staff

[C19fan]

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Friday said he "cannot in good conscience vote for the Graham Cassidy proposal.

McCain is one of four Republican senators who are undecided on the GOP healthcare overhaul, and his opposition dealt the bill's chances a significant blow.

[LostPassword]

Rename it to the "Graham-Cassidy We Keep our Promises Bill"

Not that it will change anything either way but I'd love to see them vote against the "We Keep our Promises" bill.

[originalbuckeye]

McCain must be listening to local radio today. Ads on twice an hour against Graham-Cassidy. Lying liars must lie. We will list lose the ‘reconciliation’ advantage if this doesn’t pass. Incrementalism is something that we should embrace, as it is how the Left has achieved so much damage to our country. A little and a little there and maybe we can someday get rid of Obamacare altogether.

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[M Kehoe]

After all this time we thought that Republicans wanted to repeal 0bamacare.

Silly us.

5.56mm

[basalt]

right now...not sure who i hate more, McCain or Sessions..

[Interesting Times]

After all this time we thought that Republicans wanted to repeal 0bamacare.

McCain is, for all intents and purposes, a Democrat.

[DoughtyOne]

Yep, McCain’s opinion tells you everything you need to know.

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No wonder the seats were empty

[TTFX]

Why doesn’t he just say he’s for Obamacare?

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That’s what he said.

He said he was in favor of the Lamar Alexander approach, which is to bail out Obamacare.

[LegendHasIt]

Well, even if it is for all the wrong reasons, Good for McCain. This Graham-bamacare bill appears to be much like the original 0bama care bill. “You have to pass it to find out what’s in it.”

The details that have leaked out so far, it appears to be 90% 0bamacare, 3% even worse, and 7% a slight improvement in insignificant areas.

And Graham and his co-conspirators are playing timing games to make it impossible for the House to even study the bill before they vote, much less do any reconciliation.

[clintonh8r]

A clear signal that Flake has officially taken Linseed’s place as mcqueeg’s valet.....

[GnuThere]

And the pharmacies sometimes have contracts that won’t allow them to tell the patient what would be cheaper. Amazing.

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

Senator Turd-In-The-Punchbowl does it again.

[alternatives?]

If it wasn’t him voting no, one of the 50 other Republicans would vote no. The question is how many of the 50 would really vote no if it came down to it. I would guess 30.

[chris37]

Doesn’t matter.

If these three all of a sudden supported it, there would suddenly be three others who don’t.

Welcome to the GOmotherf*ckinP.

As long as it’s there, nothing is gonna change.

[wiseprince]

How bad of a Politician is Rand Paul. The whole party is begging him to vote for a bill and he still can’t get any concessions. He’s just “hard No”

[Skywise]

This isn’t the Presidency he’s against. This will affect millions of lives and the very fabric of the country because he’s either that much of a self-centered narcissistic asshole or because he’s actively playing ball for the DNC.

You didn’t see McCain complaining about “the process” when he ran back tonDC during his failed campaign to pass the bank bailout legislation that was ramrodded through congress.

In any event the GOP should now hold Obamacare to the letter of the law and stop all payments to the insurance companies in 2018 and let the exchanges work on their own and point the finger at McCain when people cry out.

[Red Steel]

You always can count on McCain being a Stockholm Syndrome dingdong to come through. He always turns Viet Cong.

[Skywise]

That approach hasn’t gone through the process either so McCain won’t vote for that... right?

[davidb56]

Agreed. They still think we are not on to their bull$hit kabuki theatrics. I have been paying cash all this year and it has been cheaper for me than when I had Blue Cross/shield premium plan with their deductible plus 80% ( they pay) crap. The doctors and labs have greatly reduced prices for cash at time of service.

[arkfreepdom]

Obamacare is really hurting the main voting block of pubs. Small bysieness and individual contract workers. Unbelievable they’ve been lied too but this asshole.