Act 2

In an act of hypocrisy both stunning and not unexpected, St. John McCain dragged his sorry ass out of a federally subsidized bed after being diagnosed with brain cancer to vote to deny medical treatment millions of his fellow Americans.  He then took the floor of the Senate to scold fellow republicans for not being more bipartisan.  A truly bipartisan maneuver on his part would have been to join democrats and vote against debate on a bill with less than 20% public support.  But that is not the way McCain and the modern GOP rolls these days.  When democrats passed the ACA, they begged republicans for input by holding hearings and voting on amendments for over a year.  In total, over 180 republican sponsored amendments to Obamacare were passed.  Many of them, no doubt, hindered workings of the law.   After all that input, not a single republican voted for passage of the bill.  Now, working behind closed doors with no participation allowed for democrats, the GOP is poised to vote for a cruel parody of a health care bill  which will leave millions of citizens with no access to affordable health care.  All this so cheeto Jesus can sign something which cancels his predecessors signature legislative accomplishment.   One of the two major  political parties in the US has lost its collective mind.  Or worse, has become the antithesis of the party of Lincoln.  To paraphrase the 16th president; "With justice for the few, charity for none...., republicans have turned their backs on most of the population with unabashed cruelty.