We Need Another John McCain

There’s a reason he was called Maverick.

July 27, 2017, at 1:30 am showed this again when audible gasps were heard throughout the US Senate chamber…Senator John McCain had just voted “NO” on the bill to repeal Obamacare.

With a 52-48 Republican majority for votes, it could’ve been close…maybe even a tie…Vice President Mike Pence waited in the wings if the vote reached 51-51. It didn’t.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) voted “NO” and Sen. McCain sealed the deal. Why? Not because he was happy with Obamacare…it was because Republicans had seven years of repeal efforts with no good plan to replace Obamacare.

More importantly, Sen. McCain had just been diagnosed with brain cancer a week prior. He understood this vote could mean tens of millions of Americans would either lose their healthcare coverage or insurance would become too expensive for them to afford. He voted “NO!”

Today, the Big, Beautiful Bill is the same effort of Republicans to take away the essential needs of Americans from food to healthcare. Did our U.S. House members from Iowa vote “NO” (Miller-Meeks, Hinson, Nunn, Feenstra)?

No, they’re not mavericks.

Mary Melchert

Monticello