it s something like acute pain either post-op or injury or something like this. this does not have really much to do with the more global issue and bigger issue of the opioid epidemic and i think it s always important to remind or sort of to talk about this that we balance needing to do something about the abuse and misuse leading to addiction and overdose with the problem of chronic pain in this country, and you know, requiring better training and education for all providers for non-narcotic analgesic and to also understand there are a certain subset of chronic pain patients who will still roir opequire opioid for treatment. dr. natalie azar, thank you so much. we have breaking news at the bottom of the hour. arizona senator john mccain has just come out and given a statement and it reads in part quote, i cannot in good conscience vote for the graham/cassidy proposal.