HEALTH CARE // Two more GOP Senators announce opposition to the Senate health care bill, effectively killing it. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell abandoned efforts to pass the bill, and will now call for a straight repeal of Obamacare — delayed by two years to give lawmakers time to seek a replacement. http://cvote.it/2tA5aWe
HEALTH CARE // After setback, President Trump renews call for full repeal of Obamacare before replacement. “Republicans should just REPEAL failing ObamaCare now & work on a new Healthcare Plan that will start from a clean slate,” Trump tweeted. “Dems will join in!” http://cvote.it/2tAAYKB
HEALTH CARE // Who got richer off Obamacare? Hospitals. In fact, after fending off challenges to their tax-exempt status, the biggest hospitals have actually boosted their revenue while cutting charity care. http://cvote.it/2tAnfnb
SENATE 2018 // Democrat operative James Carville doesn’t think his party will be able to win back the Senate in 2018. “I would say we have a pretty good chance of taking the House back. The Senate is very, very difficult,” said Carville. http://cvote.it/2tA7RHf
CHARLIE GARD // Charlie Gard’s parents are upset that the lawyer assigned to defend their 11-month old child is the head of an organization supporting assisted suicide. http://cvote.it/2tA7IUi
GENDER // More insanity: Women’s magazines are telling parents to “stop celebrating your baby’s gender.” http://cvote.it/2tA9zbT
DIVORCE // Children of divorce aren’t “resilient,” they just suffer in secret. Catholic author Leila Miller: “I want children of divorce (and the innocent abandoned spouses out there) to know they are not alone. I want those considering divorce to think again and turn around.” http://cvote.it/2tAaUiL
CATHOLIC // Fifty years ago, a group of Catholic university leaders signed the “Land O’Lakes Statement.” Since that signing, most Catholic colleges have lost their distinctive identity. http://cvote.it/2tzVviA
SAINT // Saint Camillus de Lellis – http://cvote.it/dailysaint
DAILY MASS // “Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live.” (Ps 69:33) – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
BEAUTY // Basílica de Santa María la Real de Covadonga. (Credit: Lola Pellico)