John McCain announced Friday morning that he would vote against the Graham-Cassidy proposal, which offers the last opportunity to repeal Obamacare before September 30, at which point 60 votes will be required to undo the health care law rather than a simple majority. “I cannot in good conscience vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal,” explained the liberal Republican senator. “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.”
With Senator Rand Paul voting against the bill and senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski leaning toward a “no” vote, Senator McCain may have once again quashed any hope of Republicans repealing former president Barack Obama’s deceptive and unpopular health care legislation. But while a vote against the fulfillment of an eight-year campaign promise may constitute a particularly egregious betrayal, McCain has long styled himself a “maverick” and boasted of refusing to play ball with his nominal partisans.
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