Anybody else see the irony in delaying the vote to take away health care from millions because

[Augiedog]

John McCain, a republican senator, needed health care?

[pnwmom]

1. Irony or poetic justice -- that millions might not lose their health insurance now,

if this is turns out to be the final blow.

[3catwoman3]

2. With a capital "I."

And then some.

[SJMULE]

3. the procedure was not minor

Maybe McCain will be sidelined at rest for quite a while ( hoping), then maybe a retirement ASAP

[Thinkingabout]

4. Perhaps a game, the CBO scoring should be out tomorrow, this will give some of the Senators on

the edge and opportunity to make a better decision. Also a possibility is McConnell may be going to stage a vote which fails to repeal ACA and tell Trump he could not get this accomplished. This bill has a very low approval rate, it is going to be difficult to take away health care after we have gotten used to having it. If ACA is not perfect then Congress can set about getting some fixes, repealing it is not a fix.

[Shandris]

5. I'm actually wondering...

...why we don't use this precedent to forestall indefinitely? My dad used to watch this old football video incessantly, and I remember from it that in one of the first Super Bowls a player 'faked' an injury to get a timeout when his team didn't have any. I remember something about a Hammer, so I'm guessing that was the guy's nickname. Anyways, if we have precedent to hold off a vote because of health care, why not push the angle with needed health care of our own? I'm downright sure we have SOMEONE who needs some healthcare, and as old as our leaders are, it shouldn't be difficult to keep that up for 4 years or until they get their head from their asses.

If nothing else it gives us even more optics that they Republicans are "For me and not for thee", and that means more voters from undecided and/or weak former Trump voters. Just a thought off the top of my head, so if you see a big glaring flaw lemme know please.

[hay rick]

15. "The Hammer" was Fred Williamson.

Played for the Kansas City Chiefs at the time and went out in the fourth quarter due to an injury in the fourth quarter in a game his team lost 35-10. Williamson later became an action movie star.

We can't use the "injury time out" to our advantage. The Republicans are not delaying the vote as a courtesy to McCain- they are doing it because they don't have enough votes for passage without him. They probably also don't have the needed votes with him but the delay gives them a chance to keep hammering away at the "moderate" Republicans.

[Shandris]

16. Ohh, okay, I didn't have the right picture of it then. Too bad. (

And yah, that's the football guy. I swear my dad watched that video tape 1,000 times, some hour long Sports Illustrated thingy. Brings back some memories. Thanks!

[Hoyt]

6. We've got the guy shot a couple of weeks ago and now McCain. You'd think some of these GOPers would

develop some compassion for sick people and the cost of healthcare.

[Liberty Belle]

9. Start a Meme that it's God's will they drop this measure -

He is smiting them down one at a time until they give up trying to take healthcare away from others.

[Hoyt]

10. Good idea, except their God is not one of compassion.

[eppur_se_muova]

7. Hit the R's with a clue-by-four and it does no good. They're irony-blind. nt

[Ms. Toad]

14. +1 n/t

[MiddleClass]

8. Now that is irony

Obama care got hung up by health care also, but in that case, it didn't help the patient

[eggplant]

11. He's a Vet. He'd have the VA with or without the ACA or his Senate healthcare.

[Ccarmona]

12. I Did an Hour Before the OP'

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141822040#post7|

Maybe the Delay Will Allow the Repugs to See the Irony

Of McCain's situation. He receives Mayo Clinic care paid for by the taxpayers, while the Repug Senators wait to vote to deny a modicum of the same coverage to those same taxpayers.

[oasis]

13. What are the chances McCain will have a "come to Jesus" moment

and switch his healthcare vote because of this incident?