GOP lawmaker says Republicans are treating the health-care bill like a 'kidney stone' they just want to 'pass'

GOP Rep Thomas Massie.
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Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.) got sassy Wednesday morning about his party's American Health Care Act. With one artful analogy, Massie made clear he was not pleased with the newest iteration of the health-care bill, which the GOP is racing to secure enough votes to pass:

In April, Massie indicated that he was still a "no" on the revised bill, though Morning Consult reporter Mary Ellen McIntire pointed out that is at least an improvement from "hell no."

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