Bipartisan hugs and a waltz with Bernie Sanders: McCain’s moving return to DC

The Arizona senator’s return to Washington was met with cheers and applause, even as he spoke passionately about the need for compromise in the Senate

In an emotional return to the Capitol, John McCain gave an impassioned speech about the state of American politics shortly after voting to begin debate on repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

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McCain calls for cooperation over healthcare: ‘We’re getting nothing done’ – video

Senator John McCain speaks in the Senate on Tuesday following his return to vote on the healthcare bill. McCain, recently diagnosed with cancer, told both parties that cooperation would be necessary in the future. He also said he would not support the healthcare bill in its current form

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Now Trump is relying on his fiercest opponent – John McCain | Mary Dejevsky

The Arizona senator has been a virtual one-man opposition to the president. But now his support is vital to attempts to repeal Obamacare • Mary Dejevsky is a writer and broadcaster

John McCain was guaranteed a hero’s welcome in Washington when he returned for today’s crucial Senate vote. His disclosure, just days earlier, that he had been diagnosed with brain cancer, had prompted an outpouring of tributes to the veteran senator whose whole adult life, it sometimes seemed, had been spent ch...

John McCain to return for pivotal US Senate vote on Obamacare

Senior Republican senator, who has brain cancer, could play a crucial role in keeping efforts to overhaul healthcare afloat

John McCain is to return to the US Senate for the first time since he announced his brain cancer diagnosis for a make-or-break session in the Republican effort to repeal President Obama’s healthcare reforms.

Senators will be asked on Tuesday whether to begin debate on legislation to supplant the 2010 Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare – landmark legi...

Obamacare increased access to physicals like the one that found McCain’s blood clot

The Senate wants to cut that exact kind of coverage.CREDIT: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced this weekend that he would delay a vote on the “Better Care Act,” the Senate’s version of Trumpcare, because Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is still recovering from surgery for a blood clot. Since McConnell can’t afford to lose a single vote, he is dependent on McCain ...