However McCain has sacrificed his life for America and it's values more than 99.999% of Americans so I still respect him and his decision.  With someone with a history like his, I still have to give him some credibility even if I don't like it.

Some people (including vets) are not in accord with your assessment:

The War Secrets Sen. John McCain Hides
Former POW Fights Public Access to POW/MIA Files

http://www.vvof.org/mccain_hides.htm

MCCAIN AND THE POW COVER-UP
The 'war hero' candidate buried information about POWs left behind in Vietnam

http://www.wnd.com/2015/07/mccain-and-the-pow-cover-up/

Turncoat John McCain Refuses Free VA Surgery For Brain Tumor

For many years, McCain has been noted as being a traitor to any advancement of veterans rights despite supporting many wars and conflicts without budgetary care or concern.

http://www.disabledveterans.org/2017/07/20/turncoat-john-mccain-refuses-free-va-surgery-for-brain-tumor/

I don't like that McCain voted against the repeal and am disappointed.  However McCain has sacrificed his life for America and it's values more than 99.999% of Americans so I still respect him and his decision.  With someone with a history like his, I still have to give him some credibility even if I don't like it.

Is it fair to characterize his vote as one intent on continuing Obamacare? I think we can conclude he disagreed with the bill as put forth but that doesn't necessarily mean he wants Obamacare to continue.

His vote resulted in Obamacare continuing as is. Had he voted otherwise all that would have happened is the bill would have gone to a joint committee hearing. His vote made it possible for Obamacare to continue as is. So, yes, it's "fair", because that's exactly what it did. His "intent" is irrelevant (See: "I didn't mean to kill her.")

I don't even think it fair to call him a traitor to conservatives. No one group owns the term and gets to be arbiter because of a divergence on a certain issue.

Trump's coattails, whatever you call them, "conservative" or not, included as a major plank "repeal and replace" Obamacare. The senate had the Republican numbers to accomplish at least some form of that, but McCain chose not to vote with the vast majority of the Republicans (2 others voted with McCain, 49 did not) who were elected at least in part to repeal and replace the ACA. You don't own the term either, nor get to be the sole arbiter of it's use either, and anyone can use it any way they want. People may disagree about it's meaning, and how it applies to certain specific issues or bills, but your pronouncement is meaningless as people are free to use the term any way they choose and then make arguments for the validity of their use.

One more point I am curious to consider, are Mccain's constituents happy with his choices? Remember that a congressperson's obligation is to represent the people who elected them, not to side with some party line. If Arizonans wanted Mccain to vote this way then I think one could argue he was right to do so.

How would we know? "Polling"? That's a joke. You mean "constituents" who are legal residents of the state or do you mean the illegal aliens that have flooded Arizona and use massive amounts of the ACA benefits, including in "sanctuary cities" there? I'm sure they want McCain to continue their benefits. How many illegal non-citizens voted for McCain? Is an elected official "bound" to vote for the wishes of his constituents? So if they want an "open border" or to repeal civil rights laws or re-establish slavery or enact any law that violates the Constitution the "representative" has a moral obligation to vote for those?

His vote resulted in Obamacare continuing as is. Had he voted otherwise all that would have happened is the bill would have gone to a joint committee hearing. His vote made it possible for Obamacare to continue as is. So, yes, it's "fair", because that's exactly what it did. His "intent" is irrelevant (See: "I didn't mean to kill her.")

How would we know? "Polling"? That's a joke. You mean "constituents" who are legal residents of the state or do you mean the illegal aliens that have flooded Arizona and use massive amounts of the ACA benefits, including in "sanctuary cities" there? I'm sure they want McCain to continue their benefits. How many illegal non-citizens voted for McCain? Is an elected official "bound" to vote for the wishes of his constituents? So if they want an "open border" or to repeal civil rights laws or re-establish slavery or enact any law that violates the Constitution the "representative" has a moral obligation to vote for those?

“Arizona families are demanding affordability, accessibility and choice when it comes to their health care – not the expensive,
restrictive and poor quality care that has been forced upon them by Obamacare,” McCain said in a statement. “Until President
Obama and Congressional Democrats wake up to the law’s failure, and until we repeal and replace it with solutions that
encourage competition and put patients back in charge, the Washington-knows-best approach will continue to unfairly burden
the Arizona families it was supposed to help.”

Arizona is seeing the steepest increases in healthcare costs under Obamacare, yet Senator John McCain voted to let the law stand.

He knows this is hurting his constituents, yet he refuses to repeal the law.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., called the Affordable Care Act a “failure.”

He campaigned on repealing Obamacare. His state is impacted more than any other state, and yet he killed the measure to repeal.

You be the judge....

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/10/25/arizona-obamacare-premiums/

Didn't Trump sign an XO to have all senators and such on Obama care and not that special medical program they have?

My issue with McCain is that he said vets should go to the VA and that its very good, but he hasn't. 

To be fair, I never fully researched the above, just briefly read a story about it.  So it may not be true.

You have to ask yourself, if he wasn't a POW, would people still tolerate him today?  People change over time.  Look at Hillary when she was 1st lady, she did good stuff with the kids,etc... and wasn't the monster she is now.  Bill stayed cool through out the years.

Seems establishment, republicans and democrats, are NOT ready to give up power.....   JMHO

Seems establishment, republicans and democrats, are NOT ready to give up power.....   JMHO