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Senate GOP votes to proceed to debate on House ObamaCare repeal bill



The boss is out for their scalps as it is, so Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski aren't likely to get friendly interviews any time soon on the radio show. Not that they deserve any. The two leading ObamaCare Republicans did all they could to day to stop the latest attempt at repeal, which is for the Senate to move to debate on consideration of the House AHCA. This is just a procedural vote. It doesn't pass the bill. It simply says a debate will take place on it. But without this, there's no chance anything will pass.
The latest tally shows exactly 50 votes in favor, which becomes 51 as Vice President Pence breaks the tie. That's because Collins and Murkowski did what they do and voted no, but the rest of the Republicans held together. The problem is that you can vote to proceed to debate but still vote no on the bill itself, and a fair number of Republican senators seem inclined to do just that. By the way, it was cancer-stricken John McCain who stood in the well of the Senate and cast the 50th vote, to a standing ovation from his colleagues. McCain has been guilty of more than his share of apostasies against conservative ideas, and we've been pretty rough on him for it. But flying to Washington for a crucial vote on repealing ObamaCare when you're 80 years old and you've just been diagnosed with cancer is big time. He deserves serious props for that. I want to believe this bill has a chance to pass the Senate, but I don't see how. Collins and Murkowski are already in the no category, so you can't lose even one more Republican if you want to save it. Even if every other nervous moderate and every other real conservative gets on board, charlatan libertarian fraud Rand Paul would still vote no because nothing is ever perfect enough for him, and ObamaCare will once again be saved. I want to believe. I really do. But you're going to have to show me how it happens.

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