Pols react to vote on health care

Despite multiple votes that went into the wee hours of the morning Friday, the U.S. Senate did not manage to come up with a bill to do away entirely with the Affordable Care Act, replace it, or rescind portions of the law commonly known as Obamacare.

A solid Democratic front was joined by a handful of Republicans in shooting down every approach, leaving Obamacare intact, at least for now. The final vote of the night found Arizona Sen. John McCain joining Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski and Maine’s Susan Collins, all Republicans, in siding with Democrats to defeat the final attempt to pass some measure on health care. It did not take long for Montana politicians to weigh in on the result.