Former Vice President Joe Biden personally lobbied Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) before the senator cast a crucial vote taking down a Republican attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, according to The Washington Post. Joe Biden served in the Senate from 1972 until 2008, while McCain has been a senator since 1987. Former Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), a close friend of McCain, also lobbied him to oppose the bill, according to the Post. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) to kill a GOP effort to eliminate key provisions of the Affordable Care Act. The health care bill, however, only needed a simple majority of 51 votes to pass, which Republicans couldn’t muster.

Source: Huffington Post July 29, 2017 17:26 UTC