The senator said he can’t support Graham-Cassidy despite the fact that his best friend wrote it.
By Gideon Resnick
Senator John McCain
(R-AZ) announced his opposition to the Graham-Cassidy legislation on
Friday, likely killing the bill’s chances of passing in the Senate.
“I
cannot in good conscience vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal,” McCain
said in a statement. “I believe we could do better working together,
Republicans and Democrats, and have not yet really tried. Nor could I
support it without knowing how much it will cost, how it will affect
insurance premiums, and how many people will be helped or hurt by it.
Without a full CBO score, which won’t be available by the end of the
month, we won’t have reliable answers to any of those questions.”
McCain acknowledged that it was a tough decision for him given his personal relationship with Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), one of the bill’s co-authors.
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Source: The Daily Beast
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