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I can’t imagine they’re holding a press conference to announce they’re voting for it, would they?

1634

This is sheer insanity, and I don’t know what’s up.

First…if McConnell had the votes, they’d be setting up vote-arama right now.

Second, why the hell is the House sending so many signals that they’ll just go ahead and pass skinny repeal? I mean, wouldn’t they just sort of play along right now?

Third…that press conference. Whut?

1635

LOL apparently they’re going to go “on the record” that they’re only voting for this so it goes to conference, not so that it becomes law.

Do they really think that’s going to work?

1636

John McCain…so Mavericky!

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For McCain? Does he have any fucks to give?

Johnson and Grahm, especially Johnson, have more to lose. However Johnson just got reelected, so has 5 years for this to fall into the background. He’s betting people will have forgotten.

1639

Livestream

https://www.c-span.org/video/?431902-1/gop-senators-hold-news-conference-health-care-bill

1640

Even when death itself stands ready to guard John McCain from any possible consequences for doing the right thing, he still manages to be a Republican, instead. That’s a true dedication to cowardice.

1641

Are the House and Senate not allowed to talk to each other outside of these reconciliation committees? Are they, say, not able to just go to lunch or have a meeting or something?

1642

LOL so these 5 senators go on live national TV to basically tell Paul Ryan to call them. They don’t have his number?

1643

Bets on whether such assurances are delivered?

1644

They are really only saying what any reasonable person knows. That if they pass this, it’s a terrible bill, fucks everyone, and they would own it.

1645

Yeah why have a press conference about that? Take their request to leadership!

1646

Lindsey Graham to his voters: “BUT I WAS TOLD IT WOULD GO TO CONFERENCE!”

1647

Because Republican Leadership is lying to all of them in private conversations, so these Senators are trying to get them to lie to them in public so after they help destroy healthcare they can pretend to have been duped even though they obviously know what is happening.

1648

Would you trust this leadership? I certainly don’t, and it looks like neither do they. This is pure CYA.

1649

Me? Hell no, but I’m not a Republican senator. So they’re eating their own now?

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