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McCain saves GOP healthcare bill in partisan vote, then calls for more bipartisanship

By The News & Observer  
   July 26, 2017

After casting a critical vote that allowed Republicans to move forward in their efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act – a move that narrowly passed along partisan lines – Sen. John McCain called on the Senate to focus more on bipartisan debate than on "winning." McCain, who was diagnosed with brain cancer last week, made a dramatic, sooner-than-expected return to the Senate floor in time to vote for the motion to proceed on a GOP healthcare bill.

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