Skinny 'Obamacare' repeal fails in dramatic fashion; McCain explains why

Upon his dramatic return to the U.S. Senate this week, Republican John McCain, of Arizona, found himself with a critical vote on the skinny repeal of “Obamacare” shortly after midnight Friday.

McCain’s nay was joined with two other Republicans to defeat the Affordable Care Act repeal bill 49-51.

Here’s what McCain had to say afterward:

“While the amendment would have repealed some of Obamacare’s most burdensome regulations, it offered no replacement to actually reform our health care system and deliver affordable, quality health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. We must now return to the correct way of legislating and send the bill back to committee, hold hearings, receive input from both sides of aisle, heed the recommendations of nation’s governors, and produce a bill that finally delivers affordable health care for the American people."

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