"Right now, they don't have my vote, and I don't think they have Mike Lee's either," Cruz said, referring to the Utah Republican, at the annual Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, according to the Tribune. Cruz continued, "If you want prices to go down -- Econ 101, you want prices to go down, you want more choices, more options, more competition, and prices fall," he said. Cruz's comments come as that chances of Republicans' latest efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare appear slim. McCain declared his opposition to Graham-Cassidy on Friday afternoon, citing concerns that the bill, put forth by GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, did not go through "regular order" -- a series of hearings, markups and an open-amendment process.

Source: CNN September 24, 2017 18:56 UTC