John McCain

==== Return to the Senate ====
[[File:John McCain Votes No on Obamacare Repeal.jpg|left|thumb|McCain votes no on repealing the Affordable Care Act by giving a thumbs down.]]

McCain returned to the Senate on July 25, less than two weeks after brain surgery. He cast a deciding vote allowing the Senate to begin consideration of bills to replace the Affordable Care Act. Along with that vote, he delivered a speech criticizing the [[party-line vote|party-line voting]] process used by the Republicans, as well as by the Democrats in passing the Affordable Care Act to begin with, and McCain also urged a "return to regular order" using the usual committee hearings and deliberations.<ref>{{cite news|author=Werner, Erica|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/mccain-fighting-cancer-turns-gop-kills-health-bill-48905650|title=McCain, fighting cancer, turns on GOP and kills health bill|publisher=[[ABC News]]|date=July 28, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729005618/http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/mccain-fighting-cancer-turns-gop-kills-health-bill-48905650|archive-date=July 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author1=Cowan, Richard|author2=Oliphant, James| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-mccain-idUSKBN1AA2MB |title=In hero's return, McCain blasts Congress, tells senators to stand up to Trump|work=Reuters |date=July 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Alonso-Zaldivar, Ricardo|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/mccains-return-heavy-with-drama-for-obamacare-repeal/2017/07/25/70cb9de4-710f-11e7-8c17-533c52b2f014_story.html|title=Cheers for McCain, then a speech like impassioned prophet|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=July 25, 2017|quote=Obama and the Democrats shouldn't have pushed the Affordable Care Act through on party-line votes when they controlled Washington back in 2010, McCain said, 'and we shouldn't do the same with ours.{{nbsp}}...'|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725101314/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/mccains-return-heavy-with-drama-for-obamacare-repeal/2017/07/25/70cb9de4-710f-11e7-8c17-533c52b2f014_story.html|archive-date=July 25, 2017}} The same Associated Press article was published at: {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/07/26/us/politics/ap-us-mccain.html|title=McCain Delivers a Key Health Care Vote, Scolding Message|work=The New York Times|date=July 26, 2017|access-date=July 28, 2017|archive-date=July 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728212228/https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/07/26/us/politics/ap-us-mccain.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> On July 28, he cast the decisive vote against the Republicans' final proposal that month, the so-called "skinny repeal" option, which failed 49–51.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/28/politics/john-mccain-maverick-health-care/index.html|title=John McCain's maverick moment|last=Fox|first=Lauren|date=July 28, 2017|publisher=CNN|access-date=July 28, 2017}}</ref> McCain supported the passage  of the [[Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017]].

McCain did not vote in the Senate after December 2017, remaining instead in Arizona to undergo cancer treatment. On April 15, 2018, he underwent surgery for an infection relating to [[diverticulitis]] and the following day was reported to be in stable condition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/383446-mccain-recovering-after-surgery-for-infection/|title=McCain recovering after surgery for infection|author=Samuels, Brett|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=April 16, 2018|access-date=April 16, 2018}}</ref>