he frustrated the republicans. the president s got 48 votes but he needs two more. joan, really quickly, lindsey graham saying if the gop doesn t get the obamacare repeal effort, it will likely return in a few months. your take. i think it will. i think they ve got to keep fighting for it through into the midterms. as more vulnerable senators in particular see what s going on, it s going to be harder to get those extra two or three votes that he was talking about. i think this is dead, although it s a zombie. it ll come back to life in some form. hugh, is it going to effect him in the midterm? yes. the republicans are a danger of losing the senate because jeff flake is in trouble from a far right challenge and we have trouble with dean heller in nevada. one other one go sideway. mac cass kill is in trouble in missouri, that s not where the issue is. i think the senate will stay republican. the house could flip and that is
she said she is leaning no but waiting to get the score from the congressional budget office which will let them know a bit about the bill s potential impacts although it is clear will not do a full analysis of this legislation in this short period of time. as of right now it s looking pretty dicy for this latest repeal effort. athena jones, thank you so much. thank you so much for being with me this afternoon. so much more straight ahead. the next hour continues right after this. nt] you re a brave , mr. stevens. your testimony will save lives. mr. stevens? this is your new name. this is your new house. and a perfectly inconspicuous suv. you must become invisible. [hero] i ll take my chances.
this time we really, really, mean it, effort to once and for all end obamacare. once again it is john mccain that came into save or ruin the day depending on your point of view. eight weeks ago, mccain gave his now famous middle of the night thumbs down to a previous repeal and replace plan. this time it came in a more dramatic fashion. i cannot in good conscientious vote for the graham-cassidy bill. i think we can work together with the democrats and republicans and we have not tried. the bill is unpopular with voters and it is opposed by a who is who of medical organizations. with democrats united, 48 no votes. with two republicans already opposed and it will take just one more republican vote to kill the bill, but president trump is not giving up. the president went after mccain as the latest repeal effort appears on the edge of failure yet again. it s tougher without mccain. i ll be honest, it s a little
come out and support the bill, which we know now he s not going to. daniel, to you, i said at the top this is likely the death knell for this, we know senator collins is likely leaning no, is this over? is graham/cassidy/johnson/heller dead? looks that way. the main senator said to her local paper she trashed the bill, so they are awaiting for john mccain to basically give them cover to oppose it. they wanted him to do the same thing he did a month or two ago in terms of, you know, dooming this repeal effort. it s interesting to see how much effort the senate republicans have spent on this issue when they have nothing to show their voters. it seems like they are more likely to go into tax reform, where, you know, cutting taxes, that s their party, you know, that s one of their party messages. and so if they can just go to that, then there s much more
straight night of scathing criticism of repeal effort of late night tv host jimmy kimmel. i see these comments from these angry people, they say, what qualifies you to talk about this stuff? you re a comedian. go back to being not funny. i feel like it s my duty to remind these people so concerned about my qualifications, the guy you voted for for president, his job qualification was this. meatloaf, you re fired. okay? he fired meatloaf on television. athen you put him in the white house. i ll say it again. it s more important than ever to call your senators and tell them not to gut american health care. excellent point. after mccain came out against the bill saying to continue to insist on regular order, kimmel tweeted this this afternoon. thank you, senator john mccain, for being a hero again and again and now again. an adviser on the affordable care act and ej deon and opinion