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A fuming Gov. Terry McAuliffe left a voice message for former state Sen. Phillip Puckett, D-Russell, after﻿ a June vote in the Virginia Senate that — due to Puckett’s resignation several days earlier — effectively scuttled the governor’s bid for Medicaid expansion.

The call, one of at least two McAuliffe made to Puckett, and confirmed by Puckett’s attorney, reflected the governor’s personal rancor toward the former senator over the impact of his resignation. It allowed Republicans to block an attempt to draw down federal health care dollars that McAuliffe wanted to use to expand Medicaid coverage to thousands of uninsured Virginians.

“It was an angry call,” said Puckett’s attorney, Tom Bondurant, of the Roanoke law firm Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore. He declined further comment on the ﻿message and its contents.

Several people familiar with the message said the governor closed his remarks with words to the effect that he hoped Puckett could live with his decision.

On Tuesday, McAuliffe spokesman Brian Coy said the governor does not regret making the call.

“He would do it again tomorrow,” said Coy. “Having just watched the actions of one man sink health care for 400,000 Virginians, the governor was understandably upset.”