Senate won't vote on GOP health care bill

He accomplished none of it.

Duh.

Eryk said:

He accomplished none of it.

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They'll be no shortage of supporters that will make excuses for him and blame liberals and accuse GOP members who opposed him of being "RINOs"/"Globalists"/etc...

Eryk said:

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He accomplished none of it.

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His loyalists will probably spin this as a perfect record...

So, who's tired of all this winning?

It's sad. I would have welcomed some differn't direction in healthcare, but the bills they keep proffering are just awful.

It seems they never thought through their position until just this year and never actually got together and decided what they want to do.

At least he's not a woman.

Nithavela said:

At least he's not a woman.

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Your mother was a woman...
Is that why you wrote that?
Didn't you like her?

I wonder how many men would be alive today if women hadn't kept them alive while they were helpless little boys...

Trump still tweeting about dead healthcare bill, he still getting mad at Filibuster rule ROFL.

Donald J. Trump on Twitter
With one Yes vote in hospital & very positive signs from Alaska and two others (McCain is out), we have the HCare Vote, but not for Friday!

Donald J. Trump on Twitter
We will have the votes for Healthcare but not for the reconciliation deadline of Friday, after which we need 60. Get rid of Filibuster Rule!

Eryk said:

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He accomplished none of it.

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But he tried his best, and that's all that matters. Participation trophies for everyone!

Eryk said:

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He accomplished none of it.

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Precisely why I'm opposed to impeachment/removal from office.
He's all talk and no accomplishment, given his agenda (and that of most of the GOP), I'm good with that. ymmv

variant said:

It seems they never thought through their position until just this year and never actually got together and decided what they want to do.

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Seems? It's exactly what happened. They spent seven years arguing against the ACA and never even thought about coming up with a workable alternative. IMO, they never thought they'd ever be in a position to actually repeal it; they were just using their opposition to it to fire up their base.

trunks2k said:

Seems? It's exactly what happened. They spent seven years arguing against the ACA and never even thought about coming up with a workable alternative. IMO, they never thought they'd ever be in a position to actually repeal it; they were just using their opposition to it to fire up their base.

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this whole situation makes Republicans look like Fools, at-least for the educated.

szechuan said:

this whole situation makes Republicans look like Fools, at-least for the educated.

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True, but to paraphrase Mark Twain, when you've got all the fools in town on your side, that's a big enough majority.

szechuan said:

this whole situation makes Republicans look like Fools, at-least for the educated.

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Republicans have a flawed ideology.
They're always going to look like that.

AirPo said:

Another Trump failure.

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Another victory for the American people---thanks to the many people who continually visited, called, faxed, and wrote their Senators AND the Senators who were on the fence or in swing states, the "real" media who never gave up on telling people the truth about Graham/Cassidy, and the CBO, who burned the midnight oil to work on the best factual report they could get out before the scheduled vote.

God bless them all!

I almost had a drink to celebrate last night, but when dinner time came I forgot...I might have a glass of wine tonight!

Here's to you, American progressives! You done good!

szechuan said:

this whole situation makes Republicans look like Fools, at-least for the educated.

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They don't look like fools to me. Callous--yes. Hardhearted--certainly. Mean? Absolutely.

Unfortunately, all this mucking around with insurance regulations, even as feckless as it is, spooks insurers--especially threatening to withhold ACA subsidies. And when carriers are uncertain, they raise premiums. Which hurts everyone. The only bright spot is that the more expensive private health insurance becomes, the sooner we'll transition into some type of non-profit single payer system. I think most people are ready for it now. But our politicians--almost exclusively conservative--have an inexplicable knee-jerk reflex against it. It's the Anti-Single payer Syndrome. Or ASS, as I call it.