Welcome back to the Senate
John McCain.
You gave the deciding vote
to advance a bill
that even with major changes
will deprive millions of people
of their health insurance.
In your speech
you said some good words
calling for bipartisan cooperation
and saying you would not vote
for the "shell of a bill"
in its current form.
But even your proposed amendments
will sooner or later
leave working Americans at the mercy
of their bank accounts
when deciding how much life-saving treatment
they can afford.
If you still have principles
like you used to
pretty soon would be
an excellent time
to use them.
This poem © 2017 Emily Cooper.
