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Hortensis

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3. McCain spent years telling groups that the ACA was "doomed to fail"

Reply to MyNameIsKhan (Original post)

Wed Sep 20, 2017, 04:00 PM

Sep 2017

"destroying jobs," "causing millions to go uninsured," "must be repealed," etc., along with all the other ALEC-approved lines being recited by fellow Repub villains. His "position" can be whatever he wants to claim it is.

Many experts believe he'll now vote to kill the ACA, his "rule of order" just tossing a cloak of fake respectability over his caving to the demands of the big dark money donors. We'll see.

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McCain Says Position on Health Care Has Not Changed [View all] MyNameIsKhan Sep 2017 OP

K&R... spanone Sep 2017 #1

Okay Senator, you want regular order gratuitous Sep 2017 #2

McCain spent years telling groups that the ACA was "doomed to fail" Hortensis Sep 2017 #3

McCain will not let Lindsey down. Freethinker65 Sep 2017 #4