Posted on 07/28/2017 12:00:47 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
In the end, it was a simple hand gesture - Senator John McCain pointing his right index finger in a downward motion to register a no vote - that ruined his party's seven-year effort to repeal Obamacare.
But in that signal in the early hours of Friday, the 80-year-old McCain also delivered a political gut-punch to U.S. President Donald Trump, a fellow Republican and a man he has clashed with repeatedly over the past two years.
McCain denied Trump what could have been the first major legislative victory of his administration, and demonstrated to the businessman-turned-president that Washington works in different ways from companies where CEOs have freer hands in dictating outcomes.
Despite McCain's tensions with the White House, Vice President Mike Pence was assigned the task of trying to convince him to vote for the so-called skinny bill that aimed to pare away parts of Obamacare.
Pence spent 21 minutes, according to reporters watching inside the Senate chamber, talking to McCain on the Senate floor.
McCain was not budging, even after taking a short phone call from the president.
After the Senate vote tally was announced in the Senate, McCain was embraced by senators from both sides of the aisle.
Democrats were delighted he had helped kill the Obamacare repeal effort and some Republicans just wanted to show their respect for the man.
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A curse and POX rests upon him....may it be a long, painful, torturous end.
He’s just upset we didn’t bomb Russia.
In his mind, McCain probably does think this was simply an issue between him and Trump. Never mind all the folks across the nation having to deal with the failing Obamacare. Scoring points against Trump, that’s where it’s at for McCain.
McCain should have been kicked out of Congress for his Keating Five escapade.
Chuck was so effusive in his praise of McCain that I thought he was going to offer to make him an honorary liberal/progressive Democrat.
Since he could not get amnesty, this will have to do for now.
Anything to screw the citizens.
Benedict Arnold has nothing on John McCain.
BITTERNESS! - The Deadly Root that Devours and Destroys!
I would leave the word “long” out of your statement.
Trump wasn’t defeated.
We were.
FUAD, John, and all the rest of your worthless cohorts too.
Trump should call for a recall movement against McCain.
It may just work, and it will force McCain into open warfare.
It is temporary, he will be gone soon and Trump will triumph.
It was the American People who were defeated by a bitter and IMHO deranged old man. Of course, so is Mr. Cohen.
Looks like The Presdient was right to belittle that little man.
An A-hole to the end.
The MSM is desperate to celebrate this as a major Trump defeat.
This is just one movement in the dance and the ones who are hurt are the American people, who will have to suffer with this albatross for awhile longer. Obamacare will die in the end and the traitorous men & women who believe they are the ruling class will be sent to the wilderness or to prison.
His shipmates and fellow prisoners learned a long time ago never to trust Mc Cain
Now go home and die quickly. It’ll be the biggest service you’ve ever performed for your country.
In the end, Trump's President and McCain is a play-pretend commander-in-chief that travels over the world acting like he could get elected to anything greater than lowly U.S. Senator.
I mean, look at that slaughter McCain got in 2008. He even lost Indiana.
Interesting they all know McCain didn’t act for the good of his country.
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