three nights later, when the senate was taking the pivotal obamacare repeal vote, all eyes were on john mccain. i think he was conflicted, because, you know, he really does want to repeal and replace obamacare. and there was a lot of pressure on him to do this and do that. and i said, do what you want to do. as someone who had just learned of his own health challenges, to have a health care repeal bill with very little replacement, i think was really close to his heart at that moment. hillary clinton spoke to her former colleague and friend about how personal this decision was. he was getting the world s best care. there was nothing that would be beyond his reach, if he needed it, for his own treatment. and i think he did, you know, really consider all of the people that he represents in arizona and people across the country and worried that, because it was rushed through and there was so little thought
old senators? probably not going to change his mind. at 1:29 a.m., thumbs down. mccain voted no and killed that crucial republican bill to repeal and replace obamacare. senator mccain! it made mccain a hero to obamacare supporters, but a traitor to many in his party. this is, you know, clearly a disappointing moment. a place he found himself many times in decades of legislative fights. he s been called the maverick for a reason, because he s not just a maverick out there by himself, kind of pursuing his own interests. that s not the kind of maverick john mccain is. john mccain likes to get things done that will make a differenc difference. when we come back, mccain s first brush with death.
fashion. he has this joy about him, about his work. especially when he s being a maverick. right. especially when he s being a maverick. but his party leaders hasn t given up. mccain took a phone call from the president. on the senate floor, vice president mike pence pleaded with mccain to vote yes. but this is john mccain, after all, former prisoner of war, who survived five and a half years of beatings and interrogations in vietnam. one of my colleagues kept a running commentary and he kept saying, i don t know, which is tougher, interrogator or tired old senators? probably not going to change his mind. at 1:29 a.m., thumbs down. mccain voted no and killed that crucial republican bill to repeal and replace obamacare. senator mccain!
committee process or regular order, as mccain demanded in his speech. why don t we try to old way of legislating in the senate? a marathon debate is underway, as u.s. senators try to overhaul obamacare. senators are now focusing on what s being called a skinny repeal. mr. sullivan? three nights later, when the senate was taking the pivotal obamacare repeal vote, all eyes were on john mccain. i think he was conflicted, because, you know, he really does want to repeal and replace obamacare. and there was a lot of pressure on him to do this and do that. and i said, do what you want to do. as someone who had just learned of his own health challenges, to have a health care repeal bill with very little replacement, i think was really close to his heart at that moment. hillary clinton spoke to her former colleague and friend about how personal this decision was. he was getting the world s
what s being called a skinny repeal. mr. sullivan. three nights later when the senate was taking the pivotal obamacare repeal vote, all eyes were on john mccain. i think he was conflicted because he really does want to repeal and replace obamacare. there was a lot of pressure on him to do this and do that. i said do what you want to do. as someone who had just learned of his own health challenges, to have a health care repeal bill with very little replacement i think was really close to his heart at that moment. hillary clinton spoke to her former colleague and friend about how personal this decision was. he was getting the world s best care. there was nothing that would be beyond his reach if he needed it for his own treatment and i think he did really consider all of the people that he represents in arizona and people across the country and worried that because it was rushed through and there