McCain Votes For Bill He Promised To Oppose

John McCain’s rhetoric about bipartisanship falls short Tuesday night.

Senator John McCain made an emotional return to Washington Tuesday. The Arizona Senator was diagnosed with brain cancer just last week, but Tuesday he gave a fiery and passionate speech on the Senate floor blasting the partisanship and inaction of the Senate and urging his colleagues to break with traditional partisan politics.

During the speech, McCain also said he would not vote for the current version of the Republican Obamacare repeal bill, though he would be voting to allow the bill to proceed to debate.

But here’s the thing about John McCain’s promise not to vote for the existing GOP bill, he just ended up voting for it.

The vote, which failed to advance a vote of 43 to 57 included McCain voting yes.

During his speech, McCain called the current GOP plan a “shell of a bill” and said the Senate Health Committee should hold hearings on healthcare legislation.

“Let’s trust each other. Let’s return to regular order. We’ve been spinning our wheels on too many important issues because we keep trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle,” he said.

When asked by a reporter after the vote why he voted in favor of the motion, McCain said: “I just thought it would be good to move the process forward, and then we’ll see what happens later on.”

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