US Senator John McCain says he will vote no on a Republican bill which aims to dismantle former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law known as Obamacare.
The Republican senator announced his opposition on Friday, dealing a major blow to the latest attempt by his own party to fulfill a seven-year promise.
The plan is described as the Graham-Cassidy bill after the two Republican senators — Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana — who sponsored it.
“I cannot in good conscience vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal,” McCain said in a statement.
“I believe we could do better working together, Republicans and Democrats, and have not yet really tried,” he added.
McCain joined Republican Senator Rand Paul, who had been pressured by President Donald Trump to vote for the bill, but then said, “I won’t be bribed or bullied.”
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