Re: The PPACA Thread Part V: Doctor! Doctor! Give me the news!
Borrowed from elsewhere
Borrowed from elsewhere
Imma be cynical for a moment here, but I think McCain's speech was more after-the-fact justification.
I suspect what went down was more like this:
McCain returned to the Senate not for health care, but for the National Defense Authorization Act.
The quid pro quo McConnell was offering McCain in exchange for his vote on repeal was an agreement to take up the NDAA immediately after the health vote so he could shepherd that through passage before he had to leave again for treatment.
Rand Paul had some issues with the NDAA, was assured by McCain's office that those would be addressed via regular order, but that wasn't enough - he objected to the fast-tracking of the NDAA, which prevents the Senate from taking it up in time for McCain to do anything about it.
So McCain voted against repeal as a middle finger to Rand Paul.
I suspect what went down was more like this:
McCain returned to the Senate not for health care, but for the National Defense Authorization Act.
The quid pro quo McConnell was offering McCain in exchange for his vote on repeal was an agreement to take up the NDAA immediately after the health vote so he could shepherd that through passage before he had to leave again for treatment.
Rand Paul had some issues with the NDAA, was assured by McCain's office that those would be addressed via regular order, but that wasn't enough - he objected to the fast-tracking of the NDAA, which prevents the Senate from taking it up in time for McCain to do anything about it.
So McCain voted against repeal as a middle finger to Rand Paul.
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