McConnell hits headwinds, delays health bill

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants his version of health care reform passed by Thursday. It will only take two Republican defectors to break seven years of promises. Several moderates and conservatives are threatening to vote "no." Yesterday's report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects that the number of Americans with insurance will drop by 22 million in 10 years. That was enough for his fellow Republican Susan Collins to get off a series of tweets announcing that she will vote against even starting debate. She says the bill hurts "most vulnerable Americans," threatens "access to healthcare in rural areas," and doesn't fix problems in her state of Maine, where "hospitals are already struggling." So today McConnell delayed the vote until after the Fourth of July recess.