It appears McConnell has gotten commitment from Senator Shelly Moore Capito to vote for repeal

[kentuck]

That means they would need John McCain and Mike Pence, as the tie-breaker, to vote to repeal the ACA (Obamacare).

That is their strategy as they head into the vote today.

It would be a big surprise if even one other Senator was to break ranks and vote not to repeal. No doubt, that would send Donald Trump into a tweeter-ranting rage.

[Skittles]

1. someone needs to remind McCain what Trump said about his POW status

[jberryhill]

12. As if he doesn't remember that

[Vinca]

2. No one has a clue what they're voting for.I don't see how they can do this, but apparently they are.

The kicker is that this has little to do with healthcare and everything to do with Obama's legacy. Lives will come down to Dems winning big in the midterms so they can do a repair job and override a veto.

[Demsrule86]

3. This will kill so many people and is the end of healthcare in this country.

[bench scientist]

4. Has Sen. Capito gone on record saying she'll vote yes?

[kentuck]

5. I do not think she has gone on record.

But with Trump's trip to WVA and with McConnell's decision to bring it up for a vote, one might assume that one of the three women that opposed it before had been persuaded to change her vote? I don't think it is Susan Collins or Lisa Murkowski?

[bench scientist]

10. Likely someone flipped.

McCain isn't flying in to vote no..

[MoonRiver]

15. But, but, but they will have kept their promise to the American people,

who don't even want repeal.

[OnDoutside]

6. Is this vote to just get it on the Senate floor, rather than a Repeal vote ?

[kentuck]

7. Nobody knows but...

I think they believe if they can get the votes to bring it to the floor, they will have the votes to repeal it.

[OnDoutside]

8. It certainly brings it a step closer, but they'd be voting to put a bill on the floor that they have

not seen.

[ck4829]

9. Not Paying

[standingtall]

11. It's possible they still don't have the votes and McCain returning

is a trick to scare those were going to vote no on repeal into voting yes.

[Panich52]

13. Just knew Trumplodyte Capito would betray WVians who

most need help. She drank kool-aid w/ opioid token and to hell w/ much larger constituency of those on Medicaid.

[Thrill]

14. I told everyone up here. She was a phony

Full of shit. WV really needs Medicaid and probably a lot of other shit in the ACA. They're screwed

[ananda]

16. Yeah, McConnell has billions to spend on "perks"

for holdouts.

[LeftInTX]

17. Exactly

[Thrill]

18. Paul Krugman

Even in West Virginia, the 13,000 job loss would roughly equal coal employment - and health care is growing, while coal isn't coming back 2/

[workinclasszero]

19. America

you are fucked.