i think the only reason this got so far is due to him trying every tactic as his disposal. If anything its more a reason for him to stay on ... he almost managed to pull off the impossible (I remember ppl were so sure no way senate passes this and it came super close)
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Senate healthcare repeal bill fails - Collins, Murkowski, and McCain voted no
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i think the only reason this got so far is due to him trying every tactic as his disposal. If anything its more a reason for him to stay on ... he almost managed to pull off the impossible (I remember ppl were so sure no way senate passes this and it came super close)
balladofwindfishes
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They go on recess for a month, then they make sure the world's economy doesn't implode with the debt ceiling, then taxes I guess
There isn't a bill that exists that can pass both the house and senate, this is likely dead for real now
harriet the spy
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Robert Mercer is such a piece of shit.
Someone turn this into a DBZ gif please.
Dead Prince
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I wake up to this. I like how Trump's tweet only said 3 Republican. He ain't going to say who after praising McCain for coming to vote for the debate.
balladofwindfishes
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But it died due to those dirty schemes
This could have passed back in June had he actually did this the right way. He lost a lot of support from his senators for constantly trying to pull fast ones on them.
ElectricKaibutsu
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I agree. Let's give credit where it's due.
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Oh yes he will
smokeandmirrors
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Wow McCain. Good job doing the right thing. Thank you
You think Trump won't say something now just because he said the opposite earlier? We're too late in the Trump game to still believe things like that.
BoogieWoogie
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Goes SSJ right as he closes his hand.
More_Badass
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Reading this article made me smile. What a turnaround this week
On the flipside...what does it say about your leadership when it's solely on your party to pass your agenda and it fails? To Paul and Mcconnellllll....there's no way missing a layup on a fastbreak can be seen as a successful play.
Pretty much. McConnell didn't make the bill a collaborative process. Had he included all republicans from the get-go it probably would have passed. Instead, he had 10 dudes write portions of it in secret, threw it together and dropped it on the floor in front of everyone. Dude was acting like a drunk teenager on Prom night, WAY too eager and aggressive.
Joe Shlabotnik
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It was also a massive expenditure of political capital, leverage, time, comity, trust, and on and on, for nothing. He's blown through almost the entire legislative calendar and upended every expectation of parliamentary norms for nothing.
Any Congressional leader can keep trying to ram something through over and over and over until they get what they want if they pay no heed to literally any possible consequence or ramification. The reason why there were a lot time-of-death calls for the bill over the last few months was because it seemed bizarre that they would risk wasting so much time to potentially end up... here.
You can "almost pull off the impossible" through sheer obstinacy and desperation.
Saint Gregory
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Wait, they tried to vote this through in the middle of the night? Those sneaky rat fucks.
John McCain you finally did something right. You SOB. However. He should have freaking voted no Way before for this damn political theater. I expected waking up and americans getting screwed. But I guess maybe we live to see another day.
Good he did something this time. But this still isn't over.
Good he did something this time. But this still isn't over.
The look he gives McConnell is one of my top five favorite things now. It doesnt make up for all of McCains other garbage, but this little snippet is amazing.
Dead for now.
If you're referring to predictions about the Senate not passing a bill in general, the only way McConnell got this close was by promising people that this bill would not become law. He still has never come close to getting an actual bill that people actually want to pass into law.
Incidentally, boy has Dean Heller left himself exposed. And inexplicably, too, since he's actually up for re-election next year.
A Sunhi gif of the end of the deathstar with Obama, McCain and Trump seems most appropriate.
The Greek Freak
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Not to mention he successfully stole a supreme court seat.
RustyNails
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Wow that's badass. Dude's a hero. McConnell wanted to cry.
Kyleripman
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Good on McCain. Never thought he would stand up when it mattered; very happy to be wrong.
Shy Fingers
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Not really when the man did a 180 on his typical actions.
Correction, they did vote on this around 1:30am est. There is no try, they did.
Netherscourge
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Godspeed John McCain.
And FUCK YOU TURTLE.
Also, Lindsay Graham is a lying piece of shit. Glad to see him sell himself out for his party and STILL lose.
And FUCK YOU TURTLE.
Also, Lindsay Graham is a lying piece of shit. Glad to see him sell himself out for his party and STILL lose.
Agree on the political capital lost. Im suprised once they knew mccain was going no more republicans didnt go no to save themselves.
this one is still idiotic. I am dead certain if theyre faced with the opposite parallel situation in 2020 the mental gymnastics to allow trump the nomination will be in full flourish worthy of an olympic gold record.
You can recognize someone for doing something good while still thinking they're a piece of shit. These things aren't mutually exclusive.
sturgboski
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So this is dead for now but it should light a fire on the left to 1) prevent loss of seats in 2018 and 2) try and pick up any they can.
Problem is, as seen in this thread, the left tends to be a mess with people being appreciative of the fact that 3 Republicans crossed party lines to vote this down and others insulted by the folks who are appreciative.
I just hope we don't repeat last year where if the idealized candidate is not on the ticket, folks won't vote. Sure "stopping this administration" is never a good enough campaign pillar but with this admin, hopefully folks see the bigger picture and still vote for the Democrat regardless.
I'll never do a 180. He brought us this close to the brink in the first place. This "hero" storyline I'm sure will emerge will make me wanna puke. He did the right thing in the end. He's still a bum in my eyes, overall. Anyways thank fuck this is the news I'm waking up to.
VendettaRed07
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This is true. The fuckery McConnell pulled and how close he came to actually pulling it off was sort of fascinating from a political perspective. But regardless he didn't end up making it work. Like with Magicians, people don't think you are any good if you end up not being able to pull the rabbit out of the hat, regardless of how difficult the trick actually is to do. He set people up to expect it to happen and didn't.
RumblingRosco
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Can someone take a WWE GIF of a wrestler taking a folding chair to someone from behind and shop McCain's head on the guy holding the chair and McConnell's on the guy getting rekt? 😇
I mean, this was literally Vader tossing the Emperor into the Death Star shaft at the last minute, I don't blame anyone's prior thoughts on McCain.
Netherscourge
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If he voted No a couple days ago, we wouldn't have had to go through this shit in the first place.
Him voting Yes brought us within 1 vote of losing the ACA and some shit-tastic Skinny Healthcare repeal with no replacement. So, yes, at the time, he deserved all the criticism.
Today, he's a hero. He did the right thing today. He allowed debate and killed the Skinny Repeal himself.
There is nothing more to be said.
not really. You might also find a different subset of gaffers posting. I refrained from shit posting on the mccain thread. And while I'm not a fan of him given his voting record I advocate in this thread credit is due where due.
I mean yes there are fewer republicans or conservatives who post on gaf but quite a lot of us centerists left ppl still post.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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No. I'm grateful for what he did but he could've saved everyone a lot of stress by not flying over to DC this week in the first place.
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