Courtesy of NPR:Here's the moment the Skinny Repeal failed. http://pic.twitter.com/y6kiT2HzC5— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 28, 2017
In a moment of unexpected high drama, Republicans were stymied once again in their effort to repeal Obamacare — and they have John McCain to thank for it.
The senator who earned the nickname "Maverick" over his long tenure showed why in the early morning hours Friday.
McCain, who was diagnosed with brain cancer and returned to Washington to advance the health care bill, turned around and bucked his party's leadership — and President Trump — by joining two moderate Republicans and every Democrat in voting against the so-called "skinny repeal" of the Affordable Care Act.
Personally I am in no way ready to throw a parade in McCain's honor.
This is clearly the right thing to do, and the fact that he was one of only three Republicans to do it should shame the GOP into hiding under their beds.
However as we know Republicans don't feel shame.
Having said that I am going to give another shout out to Lisa Murkowski who kept her promise to the Alaska natives who helped her hang on to her Senate seat when the Republican party abandoned her.
Losing Obamacare would have been devastating for them, and she stood by them as they stood by her.
So I think this thing is really dead dead now.
There are now calls from some on the GOP side to start working with the Democrats to move forward and repair Obamacare so that it works better.
And I think that is really the best we can hope for at this point.
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