McConnell hints healthcare vote could fall short: 'I'm a guy with a Rubik's cube'

Senate majority leader spoke to impasse over key aspects of Republican bill at an event Thursday, but said ‘no action was not an alternative’

Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday hinted that the Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) could fall short as conservatives and moderates in his conference remain at an impasse over key aspects of the bill.

Before leaving Washington for a week-long Fourth of July recess, McConnell delayed a vote on the Republican healthcare bill after it was clear there was not enough support for the plan, which would leave 22 million fewer people without health insurance over the next decade, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office.

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