The high stakes effort by Senate Republicans to pass an Obamacare repeal and replacement bill is coming to a head, and the beleaguered GOP needs all the help it can get. Holding a slim 52 to 48 majority in the Senate and facing a unified Democratic Party against dismantling Barack Obama’s “signature legislative achievement,” Republicans can’t afford to lose more than two votes, so all the key players on the right are ramping up the pressure to get this thing done.
Last week, Arizona Sen. John McCain revealed the heartbreaking news that he was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor, but he and his family made clear that he would not let this latest adversity slow him down. Less than a week later, the salty 80-year-old senator — a Vietnam war hero who survived captivity as a POW for five years under brutal circumstances — is back in D.C. ready to vote on the repeal and replacement bill. President Trump, who has been increasingly more vocal on the urgency of the vote, celebrated the news of McCain’s return.
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