Good Friday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing sponsored by BP.

President Donald Trump got a tough introduction to Washington when senators John McCain, Lisa Murkowski, and Susan Collins voted no early Friday morning on the skinny Obamacare repeal bill.

Both McCain and Murkowski have been targets of Trump's scorn in the last

year or so. Here's the important takeaway. Legislating takes time and effort. You have to build and

sustain coalitions. You got to fight for something. Not saying you're willing to sign just about

anything. The constant drama over Russia and discussions about the outcome of the 2016 election

have only created more skeptics on Capitol Hill. You have to be nice to members of Congress. That's the game you're playing now, Mr. President. It's not always fun, but that's the way to win. And right now, you have only one win, a new Supreme Court justice. There was plenty of late-night drama. Republicans held the proceeding vote open for upwards of an hour while Vice President Mike Pence and others tried to

cajole McCain. He appeared and moved. Before the final vote was called, McCain walked to the

Democratic side of the aisle and spoke to a jubilant Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer

and embraced Senator Diane Feinstein. Pence, who was standing by to cast a tie-breaking

vote, was not presiding over the Senate during the final tally, an ominous sign. Here's what McCain said.

We must now return to the correct way of legislating and send the bill back to the committee,

hold hearings, receive input from both sides of the aisle, heed the recommendations

of nation's governors, and produce a bill that finally delivers affordable health care for the

American people. We must do the hard work our citizens expect of us and deserve. President

Donald Trump reacted via Twitter at 2.25 a.m. He tweeted, three Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down.

As I said from the beginning, let Obamacare implode, then deal. Watch. It's unclear where things stand.

Toxy-ho Republicans and the big problem is this. House Republicans do not believe Senate

Republicans can pass anything substantial, period.

And the idea that a bicameral negotiation called a conference committee would somehow produce a compromise is also a bit of a fantasy.

One House aide told us, before the bill went down in flames, about the prospect of a House Senate negotiation.

They wrote, it is impossible to see how we ever get out of conference once we go in.

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