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McCain stumps for Gomez, reverts to 2004
Gomez the swiftboater.
The fevered obsession in the GOP with 9/11 fearmongering still hasn't died, apparently. Sen. John McCain relived the bad old days of GOP fear-mongering in Massachusetts Monday, campaigning with Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez (the guy who tried to swiftboat Obama for the bin Laden killing). Show More Summary
Agreeing with McCain on cable bill
At first blush, this bit of legislation coming out of Sen. John McCain's office is full of awesome:
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is working on legislation that would pressure cable and satellite TV providers to allow their customers to pick and choose the channels they pay for, his office confirmed on Wednesday [...]Show More Summary
McCain: 'I don't understand' gun filibuster
Mavericky.
Sen. John McCain, the main Republican responsible for killing real filibuster reform this session, showed up on Face the Nation Sunday (shock!) to say that he doesn't understand why his fellow Republicans want to block gun legislation.
BOB SCHIEFFER: Let's see what Senator McCain, how—what's your thought on a filibuster on this. Show More Summary
John McCain won't be swapping 'illegal' for 'undocumented' anytime soon
John McCain really has this bitter old crank routine down cold. Here he is responding to a Phoenix town hall questioner's request for him to please stop calling undocumented immigrants "illegal":
McCain also declined a 25-year-old dreamer’s...Show More Summary
President of Meet the Pressistan laments 'wacko birds' getting all the media attention
John McCain—dubbed President of Meet the Pressistan by Dave Weigel—celebrates his record-breaking 64th appearance on NBC's Meet the Press Sen. John McCain laments the media attention given to Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Ted Cruz (R-TX), as well as Rep. Show More Summary
McCain, Graham again vow to hold up Brennan nomination
Now let's say we want documents about the War of 1812. It'll be hilarious.
Yep, we're doing this thing. Yet again:
Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. will not move forward President Obama's nominee to head the CIA until they receive additional documents detailing the White House's handling of the Sept. Show More Summary
John McCain feels jilted?
Misty water-colored memories... of the way we were.
I think we're beginning to get a better picture of what makes ex-presidential candidate current professional talk show chair warmer John McCain tick, but I don't know that it's any more flattering than our original assumptions that it's post-electoral bile. Show More Summary
John McCain tells grieving mother 'you need some straight talk' because he's a very bad man
Asshole.
All right, who pissed in John McBitter's corn flakes this week? Because this is just awful, even for him:
The mother of a young man killed in the Aurora, Colo. movie theater massacre told TPM on Thursday she was appalled at the way Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) handled her question about an assault weapons ban at a town hall event in Phoenix. [...]Show More Summary
Fifteen Republican senators demand Hagel nomination be withdrawn
Chuck Hagel, the most controversial man on earth. Or something.
Sen. Lindsey Graham might have lost John McCain in his ongoing re-election bid attention-getting stunt to block the nomination of Chuck Hagel, but he's got 14 others. These Republican senators have written to President Obama, demanding Hagel's nomination be withdrawn. Show More Summary
What you missed on the McCain morning shows
BFFs
It's a darn good thing that we still have Sunday news shows. Without them, we wouldn't know every single thing Sen. John McCain ever thought about anything, on any particular week. This week we learned why, when McCain previously...Show More Summary
McCain and Graham prepare to quit fighting Hagel and move on to their next hissy fit
BFFFs (best filibustering friends forever) John McCain and Lindsey Graham
Republicans have gotten themselves into the history books by filibustering Chuck Hagel's nomination for defense secretary, the first time a defense secretary nominee has ever been filibustered. Show More Summary
John McCain's very, very reasonable explanation for why Republicans filibustered Chuck Hagel
Short version: McCain says Hagel sucks because he was mean to Bush Yesterday, Senate Republicans blocked a vote on former Sen. Chuck Hagel's nomination to be secretary of defense, marking the first time in American history that any nominee for defense secretary has been filibustered. Show More Summary
McCain flip-flops on filibustering Hagel
John McCain and his best buddy, Lindsey Graham
Last week, Sen. John McCain was all elder statesman, respecting the president's prerogative in making nominations and the Senate's role in providing advice and consent on those nominations. Show More Summary
President of Meet the Pressistan still furious about talk show scandal
President McCain confers with Attorney General Graham in Dave Weigel's Meet the Pressistan.
Hahaha, John McCain just can't let it go when it comes to Susan Rice and Benghazi:
And by the way, as I said at the time — I just happened to...Show More Summary
Sunday Talk: Home of the brave
On Monday, Senator Marco Rubio—whose parents famously fled Castro's Cuba before that was even a thing to do—ganged up with seven other senators (including John "Teh Surge" McCain and Lindsey "Benghazi" Graham) to unveil a bipartisanShow More Summary
John McCain to Chuck Hagel: Please tell me I was right about Iraq
When John McCain spends six minutes trying to get you to admit that your position on the war in Iraq was wrong and his was right—and acts like a complete dick doing it—you know you're doing something right: Chuck Hagel is no saint. He voted for the initial authorization to use military force in Iraq. Show More Summary
GOP can back immigration reform and suffer short term, or suffer forever
National Review plays dumb.
John McCain, a principal instigator of the Senate group, has made his motives clear: “Elections, elections — the Republican party is losing the support of Hispanic citizens.” His plan apparently is to develop a bipartisan approach to helping Republicans win elections; perhaps Chuck Schumer imagines other outcomes. Show More Summary
A way to immigration reform
Sens. John McCain, Chuck Schumer, and Marco Rubio discuss their vague-ish "framework" for immigration reform.
Republicans can't win a national election given their demographic problems. Per 2012 exit polling, whites made up 72 percent of voters and Mitt Romney won them by a dominant 59-39. Show More Summary
Sunday Talk: Good to the last drop
On "Blue Monday," millions of Americans—chief among them, former POW John McCain—watched the second inauguration of President Barack Hussein Obama, and hoped/prayed that he would apologize for decisively winning the past two elections.
Much...Show More Summary
John McCain, still bitter, peddles lie about Hillary Clinton's Benghazi testimony
Senator John McCain (R-BITTER)
Sen. John McCain, apparently still bitter that his attempt to gin up outrage over the Obama administration's response to the attack on the Benghazi consulate—to help his pal Mitt Romney win the election—was a complete failure, is now whining about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's manhandling of Sen. Show More Summary