[bort]

It was Senator McCain who, out of spite, voted thumbs-down on repealing ObamaCare. This failure of Republicans to repeal and replace ObamaCare was a major reason why Republican House candidates lost in close races, especially in the suburbs. Also, largely unnoticed outside of Arizona, Cindy and Meghan McCain refused to endorse Martha McSally, who is likely to lose by a whisker.

[snarkytart]

40 plus retired Republicans. Open seats mean power of incumbancy was gone and tons of outside money funneled into the dems. Not to mention social media conspired across-the-board ain a cordinared effort a few months before the election to silence most of the conservative candidates and conservative media people.

[wizwor]

McCain was part of it, but, more generally, it was the never trumpers in the house. They left of distanced themselves from the president — which distanced them from his supporters. the GOP minus Trump supporters is practically nonexistent. Can you really not blame Paul Ryan? Rand Paul?

[Durbin]

I blame the voters, who kept putting those idiots back in office all those years.

[GCC Catholic]

I blame McCain. It was Senator McCain who, out of spite, voted thumbs-down on repealing ObamaCare….

And yet he was lionized until beyond his dying day. Much of GOP leadership is complicit in it.

[spintreebob]

McCain is only partially to blame. Tom Price was supposed to be the expert with a healthcare plan. On Nov 9 2016 everybody, including Tom, knew he would be the next Sec of HHS.

Tom Price was a total embarrassment. He provided no leadership, no excample, no tweaks, no plan, no nothing.

I attribute this to the main personality of the Congressional Establishment ... no backbone, no guts, no cajones. Certainly not even Tom Price could blame ignorance.

The ACA, among other things, is a massive shift of power from the legislative branch to HHS and under HHS to CMS, CDC, etc. The secretary of HHS could have used his power to immediately improve the situation by removing the welfare to Big Pharma, big Hospitals, big insurance, etc. The sec of HHS could have drastically changed the rules that favor the big over the small and shift money from the small to the big... aka shift power and money from small town and rural areas to big University Medical Centers in big Cities.

In conclusion. The problem is bigger than McCain and still exists post-McCain.

[ealgeone]

So we would have traded Obamacare for republicancare? Either way guvment is involved.

[I still care]

I agree with you. So many people listed healthcare as their reason for voting, it was McCain that left that horrible Obamacare in place.

[1Old Pro]

Yep, Healthcare was the only issue the Dems were able to get any traction with. We failed and better do better. Yes, that was McCain’s legacy.