EDITORIAL: Sad days in Senate
"I am glad the
Begun to build a solution?
Sadly, Burr was right. Despite vowing for seven years to "repeal and replace Obamacare,"
Not long before issuing his statement, Burr and other senators heard their most respected member,
"We've tried to do this by coming up with a proposal behind closed doors in consultation with the administration, then springing it on skeptical members, trying to convince them it's better than nothing, asking us to swallow our doubts and force it past a unified opposition," McCain said. "I don't think that is going to work in the end. And it probably shouldn't."
McCain added drama to the day's events just by being there, 10 days after having a cancerous tumor removed from his brain in
That was a rebuke to Senate Majority Leader
Trump demands a bill, no matter what, as long as he can claim it replaces Obamacare. He's threatened Republican senators who won't go along -- when he hasn't been busy insulting his own attorney general -- and calls
McCain had to remind senators about their role of checking presidential powers. "We are not the president's subordinates," he said. Most seem to think otherwise. Clearly, Trump does.
As a result, McConnell is putting the
McCain's voice briefly rose above the low muttering but has yet to make a real impact. It was really just an appeal to conscience -- but made the sound of a tree falling in a distant forest.
Burr spoke for most
But not a promise to improve people's health care.
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