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(9,702 posts)GRRRrrrrrrr, I need a Camel.
rufus dog
(8,419 posts)McCain gets his fig leaf to cover his ass, Turtle gets his vote.
Doesn't even have to give AZ anything, McCain just gets his opportunity to enhance the Maverick Myth.
adigal
(7,581 posts)He wil be forever the man who got up from his sickbed to vote to take healthcare away from Americans.
I don't remember being this upset abiut politics ever.
madamesilverspurs
(15,814 posts)But at this point, McCain has nothing to lose but his legacy.
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)davsand
(13,421 posts)He said point blank he won't vote for the GOP Bill unless it is changed. That's one point that people need to consider. McCain wants the discussion--with both sides involved--to be held in public.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/07/25/full-text-john-mccains-senate-floor-speech/509799001/
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)FM123
(10,054 posts)Did he just say that?
Trumpy is going to have a tweetfit!
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)As long as he does what Trump wants, as he always has.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)ElementaryPenguin
(7,800 posts)About the most inspired speech I've ever heard McCain give (AND I AM NOT A FAN!!).
McTurtle and Trumpy had to hate it.
hatrack
(59,600 posts)Fuck his words.
Fuck him.
ElementaryPenguin
(7,800 posts)No guarantee, though.
hatrack
(59,600 posts)I'd love to be wrong on this one, but I don't see it happening.
adigal
(7,581 posts)to come home.
janx
(24,128 posts)Some were overt, some not so. But a lot of it was aimed at the political infotainment culture as well.
pnwmom
(109,021 posts)He didn't have to vote to proceed in order to give that speech.