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Girard442

(6,070 posts) Tue Jul 25, 2017, 05:46 PM Jul 2017

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Why didn't Collins or Murkowski switch their vote after McCain committed to travel and vote yes?

I mean, they couldn't change the outcome at that point. They could have spared him the pain and risk of flying. Could it be that they're so principled that they wouldn't change their votes for any reason?

Nah, that couldn't be it. I'm guessing McConnell let them vote against just so McCain could make a hero's entrance and save the day. It couldn't have been more of a circus if all the R senators arrived together in a tiny car.

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Why didn't Collins or Murkowski switch their vote after McCain committed to travel and vote yes? (Original Post) Girard442 Jul 2017 OP

Susan Collins is very principled. Am surprised that Murkowski voted against. secondwind Jul 2017 #1

That and She wants to run for governor of Maine MiddleClass Jul 2017 #4

I'm thinking, hoping, McConnell is pacifying everybody, before the fail, then move on to taxes MiddleClass Jul 2017 #2

fuck that. Make him travel at whatever risk to his health. He voted to put 36 million people at risk Voltaire2 Jul 2017 #3

I hope his plane crashes on the way home. Ligyron Jul 2017 #5

Sentiment understood, but a martyred McCain would be an even *bigger* problem than a live one. Girard442 Jul 2017 #7

That would be plane crash #6? Not Ruth Jul 2017 #8

Oh, that's right! Ligyron Jul 2017 #9

The voters in their state JI7 Jul 2017 #6

secondwind

(16,903 posts)

1. Susan Collins is very principled. Am surprised that Murkowski voted against.

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Tue Jul 25, 2017, 05:49 PM

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MiddleClass

(888 posts)

4. That and She wants to run for governor of Maine

Reply to secondwind (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 25, 2017, 05:55 PM

Jul 2017

Always an underlying political motivation

MiddleClass

(888 posts)

2. I'm thinking, hoping, McConnell is pacifying everybody, before the fail, then move on to taxes

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Tue Jul 25, 2017, 05:52 PM

Jul 2017

Give everybody their political stand, except that woman from West Virginia

Voltaire2

(13,023 posts)

3. fuck that. Make him travel at whatever risk to his health. He voted to put 36 million people at risk

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Tue Jul 25, 2017, 05:52 PM

Jul 2017

Ligyron

(7,632 posts)

5. I hope his plane crashes on the way home.

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Tue Jul 25, 2017, 05:57 PM

Jul 2017

Girard442

(6,070 posts)

7. Sentiment understood, but a martyred McCain would be an even *bigger* problem than a live one.

Reply to Ligyron (Reply #5)

Tue Jul 25, 2017, 05:59 PM

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Not Ruth

(3,613 posts)

8. That would be plane crash #6?

Reply to Ligyron (Reply #5)

Tue Jul 25, 2017, 06:13 PM

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Ligyron

(7,632 posts)

9. Oh, that's right!

Reply to Not Ruth (Reply #8)

Tue Jul 25, 2017, 06:19 PM

Jul 2017

A lot of planes he's in crash but so far he's survived.

JI7

(89,248 posts)

6. The voters in their state

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Tue Jul 25, 2017, 05:58 PM

Jul 2017

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