VOTE FAILS! 49 Repukes YES. NOT ENOUGH!

[berni_mccoy]

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. from Ezra Klein

Link to tweet

[Foamfollower]

2. GOD BLESS JOHN MCCAIN!!!!!!

And God Bless Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, too!

I despise Republicans, but my respect for these three has just increased.

[mobeau69]

16. And John Roberts.

[MiniMe]

3. No's are McCain, Murkowski, and Collins

[still_one]

4. unbelievable, but in a good way

[barbtries]

5. wow.

what a wringer the congress has put us through. i need to sleep. i think i need a klonopin to sleep at this point.

[workinclasszero]

6. Thank God

Are they going to keep voting till they get it or what happens now?

[hibbing]

7. Whew...for tonight

These aholes will not stop, they will keep this up until they can kick 20 million people off insurance and get the tax cuts for their masters. I've been waiting up tonight for this. How can you wake up in the morning and look yourself in the mirror and say to yourself, today I am going to kick 20 million people off insurance of fuck millions more over?


Peace

[Bladewire]

8. Yes! Fuck turtle head!!!

Sorry for my language but it's late and THANK GOD!!!!

[LoveMyCali]

10. I just had to turn the sound off

I couldn't listen to that jackass go on and on about how his side is trying to stand up for the people not insurance companies. May he rot in hell!

[spiderpig]

9. I've never agreed with McCain politically, but he has my admiration

for finally becoming the maverick he always claimed to be.

McTurtle ought to have as much class and conscience as McCain showed tonight.

(He won't. He's whining on the Senate floor right now.)

ETA: Get ready for the late-night Twitstorm from creature in The People's House.

[Silver Gaia]

11. This made me so happy I cried! YES!!!

[iluvtennis]

19. Me too :-)

[Dopers_Greed]

12. How long before Twitler picks up his phone

Severe tweetstorm forecasted

[Midnight Writer]

13. Folks, I think this is just part of the show. The story line is too pat, too American.

The Republicans skated away from their pledge because a lone loose cannon maverick bucked his Washington Elite Party Leaders.

If this were a movie, it would star Jimmy Stewart.

Nobody (at least in the Senate) wanted this turd to float. It will be Republican House members who suffer at ballot box.

[C Moon]

14. How many times has the GOP tried this? Countless.

[Thrill]

15. A senator like Capito shouldn't get away with

Voting the way they did.

[world wide wally]

17. Most noble thing McCain ever did

[DesertRat]

18. Thank you to McCain, Murkowski and Collins

For being principled and putting country over party!

[Kablooie]

20. So his legacy will not be putting party over people.

[broadcaster90210]

21. I am floored. In a good way, but floored.

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[Kablooie]

22. I hope Democrats have a lot of discussions about fixing Obamacare's problems.

Then once they get in control again they can very quickly implement some changes that will fix the problems.

They need to show the country that they are able to govern while Republicans spin in circles.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. The "Obamacare problems" meme is a RW meme. Republicons ARE sabotaging it & they push the meme.

The meme lays the groundwork for their strategy: They hope their sabotage destroys Obamacare and then they will claim it was fundamentally flawed.

Republican Sen. Rubio snuck a tiny provision into a thousand page bill. That provision blocks certain insurance markets and sabotages Obamacare.

Expect a lot more of that.

[Kablooie]

24. There are issues with Obamacare that need to be addressed.

The main one probably being the cost of the insurance.
Prices are going up and it's not all Republican sabotage doing it.
Something needs to be done to stabilize the market.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

25. True enough. Part of that has been uncertainty on the part of insurers thinking repeal might happen.

If Republicons had half a brain they'd listen to their constituents and shore up ObamaCare.

But, you know, Benghazi! Her emails! Kenya!

[PoorMonger]

26. Fave part of the aftermath last night?

Watching 🐢 all upset close to tears because he couldn't kick millions off health care. He's so sad they have to ask Democrats for anything.