DLH will have more commentary about Senator McCain later but in the mean time this Gary Bauer article covers some aspects about the Senate vote on “skinny repeal” of Obamacare.
We would emphasize that “the Obamacare entitlement” program cannot be “bargained down” or beneficial compromises achieved. It needs to be opposed in principle as a takeover of healthcare and any ongoing sustainment opposed. Otherwise Democrats will ratchet up the “entitlement” over time. That is not to say that changes that will hasten is demise are not useful, done as a matter of principle. The problem with it remains that you can’t trust the people in charge to do more than throw money at it to pro it up.
It is the wisdom of — well we have established that your virtue will allow you go along with something in principle, it is now just a matter of haggling over the price.
From Gary Bauer at Campaign for Working Families: (excerpt)
Every Democrat & Three Renegades
That’s who dealt a terrible blow last night to millions of Americans who have been shafted by Obamacare. The media, the entire Democrat Party and three renegade Republican senators — McCain, Murkowski and Collins — once again demonstrated why it is virtually impossible to get rid of entitlement programs.
This debate has been dominated by talk about those potentially uninsured and those with pre-existing conditions. Forgotten in all the sturm und drang were the millions of Americans whose lives were turned upside down by Obama’s quasi-socialized healthcare scheme. The entire law was built on lies.
Obama said you could keep your insurance. That was the “Lie of the Year.”
Obama said you could keep your doctor. Millions couldn’t.
Obama said premiums would go down. They skyrocketed.
Countless small business owners, hanging by a thread after the Great Recession, were pushed over the edge. One reason Obama never achieved 3% economic growth during his presidency was because of the crushing weight of Obamacare’s taxes and regulations on job creators.
I know it is tempting to be angry at the Republican Party. I confess that I am not very happy with the GOP right now. That said, another circular firing squad would cause even more cheering from the left.
Forty-nine Republican senators — 94% of GOP Senate caucus — did the right thing. All of the Democrats did the wrong thing. Unfortunately, it only took three GOP renegades to kill our chances.
The solution in my view is obvious: We must elect more conservatives!
McCain’s Legacy
Senator John McCain said that the worst thing about Obamacare was the way it was passed — “rammed through Congress . . . on a strict-party line basis.” He’s wrong. The worst thing about Obamacare is the way it hurt so many people.
McCain went on to say that Obamacare should not be repealed in the same way it was passed — on a strict-party line basis. He added that the Senate must return to “regular order.”
This is why Republicans have not been able to stop the constant drift toward bigger government. The left changes the rules to accomplish its goals, while our party gets hung up on the process.
I don’t know if any Republican could have won in 2008. But John McCain surrendered any chance he had when he decided it would be too divisive to make an issue out of Barack Obama’s attendance at a church led by an America-hating, bigoted pastor. That decision guaranteed Obama’s election and the senator has now guaranteed that Obama’s legacy will survive.
I hope people realize what a sanctimonious phony Joe Manchin of W. VA. is. He often appears on Fox, and every other cable news outlet, as the “moderate” Democrat, the voice of reason, the “true statesman”; “…determined to bring people of all political parties together around commonsense… ” is the way he bills himself on his Facebook and presents himself to all.
Yet, when Chuckie Schumer says “jump”, good old Joe salutes and asks only “how high Master?” and to hell with that “common sense ” b.s.
Remember, just one Democrat vote would have offset the mendacious John McCain’s typical betrayal of the American people.
“just one Democrat vote would have offset the mendacious John McCain’s typical betrayal of the American people” Excellent “balanced” point