Krugman: "Give credit where credit is due"

[kpete]

Give credit where credit is due: To two senators, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine




https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/opinion/columnists/trumpcare-republican-moderates.html?smid=tw-share

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[gratuitous]

1. Let us not forget or neglect to mention

That each and every Democrat in both the House and the Senate stood together against this shitstorm. We flick Democrats a lot of shit for wavering or pandering (much of it justified), but on this one, every one of them deserves to have us stand behind them.

[spanone]

6. 👍🏼

[DBoon]

8. and do not forget the thousands of ordinary citizens

who showed up at town halls, wrote letters, sent emails, and made phone calls to support health care

The Democrats in congress know we have their backs. So do two Republicans

[VermontKevin]

2. Both of them, with no more fucks to give to the GOP.

[DefenseLawyer]

3. I think it's just old fashioned politics

They had the whip count, the ones that didn't want it to pass knew how many votes they needed and McCain, Murkowski and Collins took one for the team. You can look at the whole process, allowing McConnell to suspend regular order to even try to jam this shit though was cowardly, but the vote itself, protecting other members from having to stick their necks out when they are vulnerable, is nothing new or particularly remarkable. However it failed, the important thing is that it failed.

[MineralMan]

5. Please don't.

Thanks.

[DefenseLawyer]

7. McConnell's actions are anything but politics as usual

But saving a colleague from making a "hard vote" when it isn't needed is pretty routine, and that's what McCain did.