Republicans dug themselves so far into the Maobamacare-hate hole that it didn't look like they'd ever get out short of implosion. John McCain saved the Republican Party's a** and they know it. They owe him a HUGE debt of gratitude. 
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Keep in mind that while they've spent the last couple of weeks whining and wringing hands over spending tens of billions of dollars over the next DECADE to help sick Americans, they're also putting together a $790,000,000,000 defense budget for 2018. Almost a TRILLION dollars. For one year.
https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2017/07/27/us-house-approves-security-spending-bill-with-16b-for-trump-border-wall/
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But it's just too goshdarn expensive to help Americans at home, amirite??