McConnell delays health debate as McCain recovers

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said late Saturday that he’s delaying plans to begin debating a controversial health care Bill next week, after GOP Senator John McCain said he’ll be back home recovering from unexpected surgery. "While John is recovering, the Senate will continue our work on legislative items and nominations, and will defer consideration of the Better Care Act,” McConnell said in a statement. Even before the delay, McConnell was facing very difficult odds. A revised version of the bill he released earlier this week quickly drew two firm no votes — Rand Paul of Kentucky and Susan Collins of Maine — leaving the Kentucky Republican with no margin of error. He can’t lose a single additional.