Comment: Despite endless intimidation of elected senators Trump could not ensure the passage of a health "care" bill that he, doubtless, had not read. Trump's objective here, as in other legislative initiatives, is to wipe away any laws that were passed during the Obama years. It matters not whether existing laws benefit tens of millions of Americans. If these laws were passed while Obama was in power they have to go. I'm not sure whether Trump is doing this because Obama was a mixed race president. In any case, two resolute ladies and a great patriot, John McCain, have done their bit to ensure that the US remains a functioning democracy.