Why it's spineless
Bill Cassidy is a physician who once led hepatitis B vaccination campaigns. In the hearings he implored Kennedy to disavow the debunked vaccines-cause-autism theory — and ended by admitting he was "struggling" with the vote. After private assurances from Kennedy and the White House, he voted YES anyway. Months later, amid the worst U.S. measles outbreak in decades, Cassidy admitted the bargain failed: "(Trump and Kennedy) didn't hold up the bargain. I wish I hadn't made the bargain."