When McCain put his thumb down, he said it was about “regular order.”
Weeks later, it looks like the Momentary Maverick may throw away his
principles to help his senate BFF.
By Michael Tomasky
Gulp. That’s what every liberal on Twitter did Monday morning at 11:50
a.m. when Benjy Sarlin, who covers the Hill for NBC, tweeted:
"McCain tells @GarrettHaake he wants bipartisan bill with wks of hearings. BUT may "reluctantly" back Graham-Cassidy if AZ Gov approves."
And then, another gulp about two hours later, when the very man
McCain cited in his tweet, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, issued one of
his own:
If you’ve been following the latest goings on in the
Senate on health care, you know just how ominous this is. The last time
Senate Republicans tried to undo Obamacare, with the “skinny” repeal bill, it was John McCain’s dramatic post-midnight thumbs down
that killed the effort. Without him, that awful bill, which would have
thrown millions off the health-insurance rolls and dramatically slashed
Medicaid, might well have passed.
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Source: The Daily Beast
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