The audible gasp

[teach1st]

The "audible gasp" after Senator McCain dropped his thumb down is music to my ears. To me, the gasp represents the collective voice of the American people, especially the American people who would have faced loss and death had the vote gone the other way. I could listen to that gasp forever. Congratulations to the Democrats and the three Republicans who stood strong.

[Sancho]

1. Who got the last laugh after Trump insulted McCain's service record?

Chances are, that McCain was thinking this...

[adigal]

12. That is exactly what I thought. Obama was ALWAYS respectful

to McCain.
Must have felt good to McCain.

[maddiemom]

21. I wondered if all the negative public reaction to McCain's speech, then first vote---

would get to him. Seems it did. I can't imagine ANY previously admired public figure who would want to "go out" on that note.

[thesquanderer]

15. "I prefer presidents who don't try to take away everyone's health care, okay?" (n/t)

[jimlup]

2. Thank you John McCain!

I knew he had a shred of integrity.

[bearsfootball516]

3. Anyone else notice

He completely stares down McConnell for a second after making his vote. I'm sure that was intentional.

Wonder what that relationship is like.

[jimlup]

5. Yep

[teach1st]

7. I noticed

[sarge43]

14. Indeed

That wasn't a middle finger salute. It was a cluster fuck pass in review.

My apologies, Senator, for what I wrote earlier. You stood up and saved lives. Thank you.

[DK504]

20. That was AWESOME!!!!!

[mobeau69]

4. That was a beautiful sight to see.

[wasupaloopa]

6. McConnell is standing there with arms crossed smiling then McCain turns that smile into a frown

beautiful to watch.

Look how dejected the Dems are then when McConnell frowns all the Dems are smiling

[Baitball Blogger]

8. Well, I'll be damn.

I stopped watching the news because I thought I would throw up if I heard the word "skinny" again. Look what I missed.

McCain fooled us all. In the end, he went with integrity. Thank you Senator McCain.

[Doug the Dem]

9. Not Ready to Canonize

McCain could have shut down the whole sordid process on Tuesday. Do you have any idea how much drinking I've done between then and now???

[forgotmylogin]

19. I think this worked out.

If the bill hadn't advanced, he wouldn't have had the chance to shoot it down for good and we'd still be hearing about this the rest of the year.

[Akamai]

10. In the end, he helped slay this terrible, terrible bill. Thanks for that!

[Mrs. Overall]

11. This is excellent. I thought I would be waking up to a different result.

[mainstreetonce]

13. A turned down thumb

Today is the day that will be remembered as the day when a turned thumb says what is usually signaled by a middle finger .

[tavernier]

24. Yes!

But it also signified a turned up thumb to the people of America.

[rtracey]

16. hmmm

I dont believe McCain voted no because he did not agree with the bill. I believe McCain saw the unbelievable outpouring of disdain, distrust, and just outright hatred he received by voting yes to bring the shitty bills forward. IMO, he felt his legacy is in the shitter, and needed to do something to prop it up. Sorry but you deserve what you got. He will now live out the rest of his life thinking the American people will love him, and he can die happy. ok well if you think that, great, but until this country understands that this current administration, congress and Supreme court are not in your best interest. I saw where Fuckump donated 100,000 quarterly paycheck to the department of education, yet he wants to cut 9.5 billion from the department of education budget. Ok so his supporters are see hes great.... hey idiots, you have kids too, you have sick relatives too, you have parents on Medicare too.... get with the big picture...its not just a liberal/democratic thing

[maddiemom]

22. But Hillary had that e-mail thing and Benghazi and---

she's been unfairly (in comparison to most political figures) villified and pilloried for years. Her cool handling of that 11 hour congressional grilling should be the image that defines her to the general public. I'd like to see how Trump would have handled it.

[Jim Dandy]

17. Wouldn't it be nice if the three Senators who voted down Deathcare...

... became independents? Certainly the GOP deserves to become the minority party in the Senate over the way they handled their mess.

[MontanaMama]

18. My therapist's husband

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sent McCain a registered letter at the Mayo Clinic where he was being treated that asked him to look at the irony of his situation where he was enjoying the best health care in the world and on the cusp of taking basic health care away from millions. Maybe it helped.

[klook]

23. Outstanding

Sure couldn't hurt. Every once in a while, when there's an issue in which McCain has a personal stake -- like torture -- he does the right thing for a fleeting moment. This was a big one.