I agree with his mom. She might as well humour this phase. Could be worse. Could be a Cruz cosplay.

The cynical perspective is that EVERYONE knows how bad this was and letting McCain, a man from a purple state who has a lot of sympathy right now because of the cancer diagnoses and will not live to the end of his term, be the deciding vote to give the other 49 Repubs cover to say they did what they said they would do…

While I do wonder what his end game is here (and definitely don’t think this is some heroic gesture), I do have a some sympathy for him for now. He’s put a great big target on his head, and I’m already starting to see some major fallout from the usual crazies out there.

John, You (finally) did something right!

I mean what the fuck are people upset about.

McCain voted for the BCRA, despite pledging a few hours earlier that he would not.

When does he fire Trump?

He also thinks Akie Abe doesn’t speak English.

That fun little nugget was absolutely the most terrifying part for me...like this man thinks we’re all up in arms over $12/month insurance? Can we uh...please have $12/month insurance that appreciates over time?

Yes, and also:

He thinks health insurance is life insurance.

People don’t realize he loves holding my hand. And that’s good, as far as that goes.

Well she bought it fair and square

While they’re at it...can we also demand she doesn’t touch Public Service Loan Forgiveness...I’m 4 years away from my student loans being wiped away....

The Republican party is officially the Anti-Obama party and their only goals or agenda is to undo Obama’s legacy. A legacy that Republicans could never duplicate or even imitate, so they can only attack it.

Unfortunately the cancer would have nothing to latch onto.

If you asked any person in America (other than Betsy DeVos) if they would rather have John McCain get brain cancer, or Betsy DeVos get brain cancer (you HAVE to pick one), they would all pick Betsy, right?

Holy shit, that’s crazy. There’s a headline about OJ Simpson maybe getting parole above the healthcare bill story.

I don’t disagree, but still - it could have been fairly easy to pass it and I don’t think McConnel would be too fussed by that.