Bill Cassidy on why Obamacare overhaul failed: ‘Time is the enemy’

Published September 26, 2017 8:08pm ET



Sen. Bill Cassidy lamented the lack of time to sell his Obamacare overhaul bill, which died Tuesday because of a lack of Republican support.

The Louisiana Republican and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., introduced the bill with two other senators less than two weeks ago. The GOP wanted to vote on it by the end of this week before the authority to pass it with only 51 votes expires, but that effort collapsed Tuesday after too many GOP senators defected.

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