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John McCain Has Another Chance at Grandstanding Before He Drops Dead

 NY Times-
Once again, it could all come down to Senator John McCain.

After sinking his party’s hopes of repealing the Affordable Care Act this year with a dramatic thumbs-down, the fate of a tax overhaul may now sit in the hands of the Republican from Arizona. In recent days, Mr. McCain has been fairly tight-lipped about his views on the tax proposal speeding through the Senate, saying he sees some problems with the existing bill but is waiting for a final plan before making a decision.

Asked about what concerned him about the Senate tax bill this week, Mr. McCain replied tersely: “A lot of things.”

Even those who know Mr. McCain best are unsure how he will vote, but if history is any guide, Republicans have reason to worry.

Mr. McCain has voted against big tax cuts before, including two that passed under another Republican president: George W. Bush. In that case, he bucked the majority of his party on the grounds that the 2001 and 2003 cuts overwhelmingly benefited the rich — a widespread criticism of the current Senate legislation and the bill that has already passed the House. Mr. McCain is also a deficit hawk and could find it hard to swallow a tax cut that will add around $1.5 trillion to the federal debt over 10 years.

With their slim majority in the Senate, Republicans can lose no more than two votes, and several others are on the fence.

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20 Comments on John McCain Has Another Chance at Grandstanding Before He Drops Dead

  1. Isn’t it funny how all these “deficit hawks” suddenly sprout wings in a Trump admin, yet the deficit more than doubled under obeyme? Oh and when was the last budget passed?

  2. He’ll vote it down just to show everyone how much power he has over them. He’s an idiot egomaniac who doesn’t care one way or another about the tax bill, but rather how he can hold the fate of so many people in the palm of his hand. He’s just out to make sure he gets what HE wants and everyone knows it. He wants to stick a finger in the eye of everyone who ever pissed him off one last time before he shuffles off this earth.

  3. He’s is just biding his time until he’s the last holdout so as to have maximum press exposure when he sinks the tax deal. He’s going to be a vicious snarling prick right up till he’s loaded in the smelter.

  4. “republicans can lose no more than two votes, and several others are on the fence”

    tell me how the republicans are any different than the democrats ?

    it’s swamp critters versus the rest of us and the swamp is rising.

    if only steve irwin was a super hero, Trump might have some help.

    but irwins dead, so it’s up to us to be Trumps super hero’s and light up the congressional phone banks and start throwing headlocks on the swamp critters.

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