Evening Edition: McCain to vote no on health-care bill, dealing major blow to GOP repeal effort

56% of Americans prefer ACA over new GOP plan, poll finds; 'Regular order' might have just killed the GOP bill. What is it?

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   Top Stories McCain to vote no on health-care bill, dealing major blow to GOP repeal effort Sen. John McCain announced that he does not support the latest effort to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, joining Rand Paul in formally opposing the proposal. Senate Republicans cannot afford any more defections from their party, given the united Democratic resistance to the measure that GOP leaders hoped to bring to a vote next week. By Sean Sullivan, Juliet Eilperin and Kelsey Snell  •  Read more » 56% of Americans prefer ACA over new GOP plan, poll finds More than half of Americans prefer Obamacare to the latest plan from Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). Just 33 percent of Americans prefer the bill that the Senate Republicans abruptly put on the table this month. By Amber Phillips  •   The Fix   •   Read more »   The Fix • Analysis 'Regular order' might have just killed the GOP bill. What is it? Sen. 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