John McCain did not kill Obamacare repeal for good. It could still come back.

John McCain’s shocking decision to oppose “skinny repeal” — the most recent Senate Republican effort to roll back Obamacare — immediately bought him considerable goodwill among rank-and-file Democrats. But in some ways, it was a surprising choice: He had just returned to Washington from cancer treatment to vote in favor of a motion to proceed on Obamacare repeal efforts. Yet just a few days later, he was opposing the legislation.