Watch the moment that McCain voted no on Obamacare repeal

‘While the amendment would have repealed some of Obamacare’s most burdensome regulations, it offered no replacement to actually reform our health care system and deliver affordable, quality health care to our citizens, ‘ he said. The “skinny repeal” bill was the Senate’s last of three attempts to move a bill from the Senate to conference negotiations with the House.

Protesters outside the US Capitol.

But McCain, who helped kick off the “skinny repeal” process earlier this week, in the end drove the dagger through its heart.

Earlier on Friday, he tweeted “3 Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down” after Republican leaders failed to patch up party divisions and win passage for the last-ditch bill.

Some combination of that is all being talked about. “.We just haven’t been able to get 50 votes around one single solution yet”. Not so this bill will become law, but so they can send this legislation into what is known as a conference committee.

John McCain ended up voting against the proposal on Friday, while Lindsey Graham voted for it, feeling that he had enough assurances from Speaker of the House Paul Ryan that the House of Representatives would not pass skinny repeal if the Senate did.

Democrats, meanwhile, are united in opposition to any bill that would undo President Obama’s legacy on health care. Meanwhile, McCain voted yes on Tuesday to proceed with debate, and yes on a repeal and replace amendment that failed to pass.

He did not mince words saying, “the skinny bill as policy is a disaster”. They say that was a protective move to give themselves flexibility, but it spooked senators and others that the House would try to move the Senate bill for a quick vote. “No way. If you passed it as a standalone proposition it would destroy the insurance markets and we would own the failure of Obamacare”.

DAVIS: Yes. Fingers crossed, right? This is something that concerned many Republicans. He then went out to take a phone call, reportedly from Mr. Trump. “If we don’t get the No. 1 job that we said that we would do done, yeah, people should be held accountable”. @LisaMurkowski & @SenatorCollins are also heroes tonight. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) Senator John McCain, the Arizona Republican who cast the deciding “no” vote, is pursued by reporters after the vote. It would be interesting to see what they suggest as the way forward.

“This is clearly a disappointing moment”, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said. He then walked away as Democrats gasped and burst into applause.

MCEVERS: NPR congressional correspondent Sue Davis. “I believe we shouldn’t make that same mistake again”.