President Donald Trump lashed out at John McCain on Twitter Saturday, criticizing the late Senator for his vote against a repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate.

The president quoted a comment from former independent counsel Ken Starr, who spoke about reports that a McCain associate passed the Steele dossier on Trump to media outlets.

Starr called McCain an “American hero,” but said if the reports are true, it is “unfortunately a very dark stain” on the Arizona Republican who died last year.

In Trump’s tweet, he added that McCain “had far worse ‘stains’ than this, including thumbs down on repeal and replace after years of campaigning to repeal and replace!”

Spreading the fake and totally discredited Dossier “is unfortunately a very dark stain against John McCain.” Ken Starr, Former Independent Counsel. He had far worse “stains” than this, including thumbs down on repeal and replace after years of campaigning to repeal and replace! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 16, 2019

McCain voted against the “skinny repeal” of the Affordable Care Act in 2017, in an act of defiance that Trump has never quite let go.

Watch the Starr interview above, via Fox News.

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