John McCain killed the Obamacare repeal, as well as the Republican fraud perpetrated on a deplorable public for nearly a decade.
Obamacare’s been protected – by Republicans – who always really wanted it, and power’s been restored to the losing, minority party so they can deepen and craft it to its liking.
Republicans now no longer have to take leadership and form the bill in House and Senate committees.
The Republicans abdicated their “control” of the House, Senate, and White House. They don’t want it and never did. They were counting on losing, and you voters messed it up.
Either Republicans are incapable of governing OR, they’ve always been on team bigger government, more oppressive control and higher taxation.
The party’s a fraud. The conservative, populist movement in the country is very real; the elected are con artists who merely used it.
The voters have been shoved aside. They’re firmly on the outside of the governing process.
This is McCain’s last deathblow to an ideology he never had; an American hero betraying Americans and leaving families indefinitely without workable healthcare, even as he receives the finest treatment the world has to offer for his condition.
McCain demanded assurances from Paul Ryan the House wouldn’t move to approve the bill in its current form, and he got them. McCain went to the other side anyway.
He was all the things he loves to be; the center of attention, cutesy & coy, adored by the opposition, “Maverick” in the sense you never know when he’s going to sell you out.
Through the night he huddled with Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren, Dick Durbin and Dianne Feinstein, hugging them and putting very large smiles on their faces.
McCain wouldn’t even acknowledge his fellow Senator from AZ, Jeff Flake, who tried to talk to him about what he was doing. He instead winked at his no-vote collaborators.
Reminder: this is actually the man the Republican Party put up as their nominee for President back when the show was running like it was supposed to.
If John McCain played football, he wouldn’t even bother to fumble. He’d simply hand the ball to the other team on every first down.
The electorate must ask, why would you ever bother putting a Republican in office?
I’m no longer willing to be a part of their theatrical production.
I don’t want that R by my name anymore.