And with that, McCain became the second Republican to formally announce his opposition to the legislation offered by Sens. Both senators voted against the last attempted repeal and replace effort in the Senate in late July. For his Republican colleagues -- and the Republican President -- it now looks as though their long-sworn promise to repeal and replace the ACA is dead. As that slowdown hit the Senate, the bill -- or, more accurately, the broad attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare -- grew less and less popular. Trump spent the aftermath of the July repeal and replace failure berating McConnell for not being able to rally the votes.

Source: CNN September 22, 2017 20:03 UTC