wants on policy, clear about the issues she had about repeal and replace. the things that alaska very specifically needed here. the idea that somebody who, keep in mind, in 2010 lost the republican primary, won as a write-in candidate, known to be a fighter, known to be her own senator and perhaps more important, the senator who chairs the committee that oversees the interior department and secretary ryan zincke, this will probably blow back in the administration s face. administrations try this you try and pull every level of government that every lever of government that you can, and in this case it didn t work. how many coffees have you had? that s my big question. reporter: i m trying to put it directly into the veins at this point. if that s possible, i m in. mainline it. good luck you to. it will be a long day. we ll check back. let s bring in sorry, i interrupted you no. the two women that voted no, let s bring in kimberly leonard from the washington examine
wanted to become law. trying to get commitments from speaker paul ryan that the conference would happen. the house wouldn t pass the bill. the speaker at one point late released a statement saying the house was willing to go to conference. that wasn t enough. the speaker picking up the phone, calling several senators including senator senator john mccain, saying, look, we will go to conference, you have my word we will go to conference. in the end, senator mccain in his statement after the vote saying even that wasn t enough. guys, you had the entire apparatus of the republican party, all of their senior officials, working on this. in the end, whether it was susan collins from plane mamaine, lis murkowski of alaska, and senator mccain, it wasn t enough. republican aides make it clear, while obviously they re exhausted, surprised, most thought they would get there in the end, they are clear on one thing there is no path forward that they know of now. obviously this has been resuscitat
murkowski. the president had his interior secretary call and say lisa murkowski s vote is threatening what the interior department is willing to do for alaska. wow. that s not a great move for somebody who s independent like lisa murkowski. in the end, no matter the effort, whether it was twisting arms or trying to be nice, didn t work. things are moving on, guys. what about idea? why did mccain vote no? why the thumbs down? essentially he didn t think that paul ryan and the house would be able to get something satisfactory through conference committee? reporter: that s essentially how he ended it. when he was walking out, he told reporters it was the right vote. in his statement, he made clear, this was all about getting to the conference committee. there was very real concern not just among the senators that voted no, but among almost all the senators in the conference that at some point the house would just pass this bare-bones bill. nobody was trying to act like this was re
house, and partially the reason they own the white house right now, they won t be able to deliver on it, guys. you know, john mccain essentially said this is a shell, this bill is a shell. and i don t have confidence that we re going to be able to fill it with meaningful legislation and get something done. is that the bottom line? reporter: yeah, it is. i think you can talk to i ve been talking to both senate and house republican aides over the course of the last 48 to 72 hours. the real issue here is if republicans couldn t get the votes for repeal and replace now, why would they get the votes for whatever the conference could come up with. with that in mind, the idea as a last resort the house would eventually pass this bill that had no replace elements whatsoever, just repealed the individual mandate, the employer mandate, the medical device tax, tried to defund planned parenthood for a year. that on its own in isolation would have caused major disruptions in the insurance mar
friday, july 28th. that s the day republicans and democrats in congress will not soon forget. 4:00 a.m. in the east. breaking news this morning on capitol hill. senate republicans going into the we have hours trying to repeal and replace obamacare. that vote coming up short when the maverick made his mark. senator john mccain days removed from his cancer diagnosis stunning the chamber, turning thumbs down on the repeal bill. it happened just feet away from mitch mcconnell, prompting an audible gasp in the chamber. seven years of repeal efforts, seven years of repeal efforts have essentially gone up in smoke, leaving a frustrated mcconnell to explain on the floor. i and many of my colleagues did as we promised and vote to repeal this failed law. we told our constituents we would vote that way, and when the moment came, when the moment