McCain went even further, stating, “We fought as hard as we could in a fair and honest manner and we lost,” regarding Obacare. “One of the reasons was because we were in the minority, and in democracies, almost always the majority governs and passes legislation.” He said that Obamacare discussions represented “one of the most hard fought, fair, in my view, debates that has taken place on the floor of the Senate [over] the time I’ve been here.” Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) immediately said that Obamacare was not passed fairly; as a matter of fact, it was passed without a single Republican vote, in the dead of night, without releasing the text of the bill until just hours two days before the vote.
I'm hearing that Senator here-are-my-testicles-on-a-silver-platter is considering hanging it up after his curent term. Can't happen a moment too soon.
How did your detested Lugar(R.IN) vote? Right, he voted no. But you still hated him. McCain voted no too of course. If I recall the Pubs kept chip chip chipping away at everything so the Dems apparently legally did what they did. This is all like crying over a lost football game 3 years later. Sure we would have preferred more unanimity, but that clearly was not going to happen. I will admit that it was dirty pool. So are certain TP efforts to blackmail us all by trying to defund the bill.
ReplyDeleteNo, it's not. It's like resisting tyranny.
ReplyDeleteWhy no filibuster then
ReplyDeleteBack in 2010?