The Gasp-Inducing Moment When McCain Voted 'No'

Anyone watching Senate proceedings on the GOP health care bill in the wee hours of Friday morning got a master class in the study of body language. CNN notes the tense activity in the chamber in the minutes before the 49-51 vote that Hot Air says brought to a "stunning, gasping, and mavericky end" the Republicans' shot at a "skinny" repeal of ObamaCare. 

Reporters watched from the gallery above, scrutinizing who was hovering together, analyzing senators' facial expressions, and even trying to read lips—especially those of Sen. John McCain, who'd apparently "made up his mind to vote 'no' well before he walked into that chamber," per CNN, looking back "in hindsight." First, there was the fact that as other GOP senators started filtering into the room, "none would approach" McCain.

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