Trump again criticizes ailing McCain over health care vote.
President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of John McCain for the senator’s dramatic thumbs-down deciding vote last year against the GOP health care repeal.
Without using McCain’s name, Trump spoke of his move in December that effectively defeated the overhaul in a close vote.
The president told the Conservative Political Action Conference that « except for one Senator, who came into a room at three o’clock in the morning and went like that, » Trump gave a thumbs-down, « we would have had health care (reform), too. »
The crowd booed.
Trump added, « I won’t use his name. »
McCain was diagnosed with brain cancer last summer and is in Arizona battling the disease. His daughter, Meghan McCain, said Friday on ABC’s « The View, » that she’d address Trump’s remarks with her mother, Cindy, next week.
