So, will Senator McCain have to show up for every vote

[MineralMan]

on the Republican health care bills? If so, that seems unlikely if this goes on much longer. He's going to need to start treatment soon, assuming he hasn't already done so. It's not a kind sort of treatment, either. The combination radiation and chemotherapy is pretty brutal. So brutal, in fact, that many people with the type of brain cancer he has refuse to be treated, just so they can live a little longer in good enough shape to get done the things they need to get done.

He may be in DC the rest of the week, but I don't see anything passing within that time, or even being close enough to need McCain for 50 votes.

The Senate will soon be short of the 50 votes needed, as long as a couple of Republicans hold out.

Go home, John. Spend some quality time with your family there. Really.

[JoeStuckInOH]

1. Didn't he say he wasn't going to vote to pass the bill as it is anyways?

So he would be one of the republican holdouts, unless something in the bill changes for his vote, right?

[COLGATE4]

2. If you believe that I've got some prime Florida

water-access property (a/k/a "swamp&quot to sell you.

[MineralMan]

3. Well, it is going to change, of course.

Many amendments will be offered, and some will pass. In the end, of course, the bill is still going to be made of large grazing mammal excrement.

Any bill will only have the potential to get Yes votes from Republicans in the Senate. So, his vote may be needed for a bill to get 50 Yes votes at any point.

The Right Wingers in the Senate will vote no on some versions, I have no doubt. They will be unhappy with any bill that doesn't simply erase the ACA from history. What they want, in their Ayn Rand libertarian way, is no healthcare that involves the federal government in any way. That's their goal.

[mcar]

6. He voted yes on the first bill brought forward

6 hours after he said he would vote no on the bills.

As always, all talk.

[BannonsLiver]

4. I wonder if he's going to bother with treatment

[MineralMan]

5. I think he will. I think he's going to "fight" this.

Frankly, it won't do any good. It might extend his life a little, but will also make that life miserable. I know I'd just say no to treatment if I was in his condition and make the most of whatever good time I had left.

[MFM008]

7. I thought I heard him say

After 3 days he was going back for more treatment?

[elehhhhna]

8. He has to go home to keep Cindy out of his pain meds