not only be a disaster for American health care, it would be the ultimate disaster for the Republican Party, which is now in enough trouble and politically owns every insurance premium increase that will happen before the 2018 and 2020 elections.

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Sen. McCain is the kind of man who makes America great and makes the Senate and our public life better by his very presence. Trump is the kind of man who dishonors the values of the flag he waves and dirties the Oval Office he temporarily occupies.

Instead of uniting the nation while America faces a serious threat from North Korea and instead of summoning all of his energy to come to the rescue of hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, Trump attacks the patriotism of black athletes and posts juvenile tweetspresident for the ages, would be sick to his stomach by the behavior of Donald Trump. "Honest Abe" would not think kindly of the endless stream of falsehoods that come from the mouth and keyboard of President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE. The "Great Emancipator" would be outraged by the politics of racial division that are the trademark of the Trump presidency.

Sen. McCain believes that politics should be a noble profession. He believes that legislators should work under the “regular order” of intelligent analysis of legislation, thoughtful hearings that would consider legislation in depth and a