John McCain failed to show up for July’s vote to avert physician Medicare payment cuts. Doctors smartly allied with seniors on this issue, and now McCain’s stance is going to hurt him during the last weeks of the campaign.
Here’s what I wrote back in July:
This charade seriously damaged the Republicans. They pretty much crapped on the medical profession, a normally reliable ally. The appearance of defending insurance companies over the interests of physicians is inexcusable. The fact that McCain was absent from today’s vote spoke volumes.In the eyes of this swing voter, this debacle will certainly weigh significantly come November.
By not supporting doctors, McCain damaged himself in eyes of both physicians and seniors. I have no idea why he would antagonize this pivotal voting bloc.
It’s likely going to be fatal.
Related posts:
- My take: Medicare payment cuts averted
- Today’s Medicare vote and McCain
- An open letter to Barack Obama and John McCain
- John McCain and his health
- Medicare fallout
- John McCain so gets it
- Doctors don’t vote, lawyers do
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McCain is toast. This election will be a landslide.
Correct and it is really too bad. McCain is head and shoulders above the current GOP president.
Actually I think McCain was more concerned with the pork attached to that bill, specifically the Medicare Advantage reform. I seriously doubt he is against physicians. I do agree that he doesn’t have a chance in the election.
McCain will be the victim of his own flawed judgment. Choosing Palin as a VP running mate, as briefly sensational his choice was, is also the reason he failed. He would have been far better off choosing Mitt Romney or if he really wanted to be a maverick, crossing the asile to ask Hillary Clinton to join him as an independent. He really could have made history as a strong centrist and have split the Democratic vote in a two-party race. Too late now.
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