Obama Reportedly Called McCain To Thank Him For No Vote On Obamacare Repeal Effort
- 6 years ago
Former President Obama reportedly called John McCain to thank him for his vote against the Obamacare repeal effort.
In his new book, The Restless Wave, Senator John McCain shares that former President Barack Obama called and thanked him last year following his "no" vote on the GOP's Obamacare repeal effort.
The Daily Beast made the revelation on Thursday after receiving an early copy of McCain's book, which is set for release on May 22.
"I appreciated his call, but, as I said, my purpose hadn't been to preserve his signature accomplishment but to insist on a better alternative, and to give the Senate an opportunity to work together to find one," McCain writes in the book. "He hadn't called to lobby me before the vote, which I had appreciated."
President Trump, however, clearly didn't appreciate McCain's vote, as evident by his remarks on multiple occasions since then.
During his wide-ranging speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February, Trump lamented the failure of the GOP health care legislation.
"Except for one Senator, who came into a room at 3 o'clock in the morning and went like that — we would have had health care," the president said while imitating McCain's thumbs-down gesture from the vote.
Trump added, "I don't want to be controversial, so I won't use his name."
In his new book, The Restless Wave, Senator John McCain shares that former President Barack Obama called and thanked him last year following his "no" vote on the GOP's Obamacare repeal effort.
The Daily Beast made the revelation on Thursday after receiving an early copy of McCain's book, which is set for release on May 22.
"I appreciated his call, but, as I said, my purpose hadn't been to preserve his signature accomplishment but to insist on a better alternative, and to give the Senate an opportunity to work together to find one," McCain writes in the book. "He hadn't called to lobby me before the vote, which I had appreciated."
President Trump, however, clearly didn't appreciate McCain's vote, as evident by his remarks on multiple occasions since then.
During his wide-ranging speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February, Trump lamented the failure of the GOP health care legislation.
"Except for one Senator, who came into a room at 3 o'clock in the morning and went like that — we would have had health care," the president said while imitating McCain's thumbs-down gesture from the vote.
Trump added, "I don't want to be controversial, so I won't use his name."