McCain cast the deciding vote to begin the health care debate and chided both sides for not being bipartisan over the last several years, saying, "I voted for the motion to proceed to allow debate to continue and amendments to be offered. I will not vote for this bill as it is today."
McCain said, "I hope we can again rely on humility, on our need to cooperate, on our dependence on each other, to learn how to trust each other again, and by so doing, better serve the people who elected us. Stop listening to the bombastic loudmouths on the radio, television and the internet. To hell with them. They don’t want anything done for the public good. Our incapacity is their livelihood."