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Dem Rep: McCain Will Make ‘Good Choice’ on Health-Care Bill Because He’s ‘Staring Death in the Face’

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Rep. Matt Cartwright predicts McCain won’t “bend to political pressure.”

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Rep. Matt Cartwright suggested this week that Sen. John McCain’s brain-cancer diagnosis will influence him to vote against Senate Republicans’ latest attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare. “But, man, something tells me McCain, he’s staring death in the face right now, so he’s probably going to make good choices and he’s not going to bend to political pressure,” the Pennsylvania Democrat said at a town hall. McCain has not indicated which way he will vote on the legislation.

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