It is not possible for Congress to pass a comprehensive bipartisan solution to healthcare reform. That much is incontrovertible.

But in a statement announcing his opposition to the Graham-Cassidy legislation — one that signaled it was as good as dead — Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., argued bipartisanship was a necessary component to such efforts, so as not to “leave the American people guessing from one election to the next whether and how they will acquire health insurance.”