Did John McCain really kill the House GOP majority?

Published November 12, 2018 6:22pm ET



Rep. Jason Lewis, R-Minn., who narrowly lost his suburban House district south of the Twin Cities last Tuesday, wrote in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday that the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., killed the GOP House majority when he voted down the “skinny” Obamacare repeal bill last July.

Instead of getting conspicuously offended by this, which seems popular, I thought it might be worth looking at how much truth there is to it.

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