1. The 2017 "reform" laid out by the GOP wasn't close to a repeal of ObamaCare. In fact, it didn't really change much of the ACA at all.
2. As far as I'm concerned, the Senate charade was nothing more than a rigged vote for PR purposes. The GOP never had any intention of repealing ObamaCare (as I predicted back in 2009-2010 when it first passed). They just got caught with their pants down when the 2016 election gave them control of both Houses of Congress and the White House. They suddenly found themselves in the unexpected position where they couldn't just campaign against it and pass meaningless bills that would never get signed into law. John McCain was nothing more than the voluntary scapegoat who knew he was a loser and doomed to be a sh!t-stain in the history books, so he was willing to be the bad guy in that vote.
We disagree. McCain was no scapegoat. He was a serpent.