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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Well I went to bed because I assumed it was a forgone conclusion, so colour me shocked that even the thinnest version of getting rid of Obamacare still couldn't pass. And while McCain deserves credit for coming around, he doesn't deserve all the articles he'll get today (and I've already seen a few) talking about being a maverick yet again. The real mavericks here were Collins and Murkowski who were against this from the beginning. Murkowski in particular stood up to the Trump Crime Family and their mafia tactics of trying to intimidate her into voting for this.
But the best part here is Trump and co were hoping to spend today trashing the media for not focusing on their healthcare "win" and instead talking about the palace intrigue of Tony Moochtana, and now they can't even do that. Now will we see them actually try and repair Obamacare instead of repeal? Guess we'll see.
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Lol. Not a chance IMO.
For Trump this is not about 'repairing' Obamacare. Given his complete ignorance of what any these proposals actually contained, I don't think he has one iota of interest in the topic of health care (apart from the money it's costing him and his wealthy golfing buddies). As with many things that come out of this administration, I think the real answer is much more simple-minded and petty.
This whole thing is about the Trump and the GOP getting a 'win' over Obama. He and his minions I'm sure will reconvene and devise some other way to sabotage the current system so that it completely collapses and becomes unsustainable, thereby 'proving' his bizarre predictions to be true. And however they do it, they'll make sure it's at the expense of low and middle income taxpayers and not corporate elites like themselves.