Precisely. There's nothing like putting a personal grudge ahead of doing what's right for one's country.
And this guy is a U.S. Senator?!
John McCain: what a petty, evil little man...
And he ALWAYS has been an extremely petty, evil LITTLE man, out for himself and to Hell with EVERYONE else.
It’s not like he was weighing two competing values. He could preserve tyranny WHILE flipping Trump, real R’s and his constituents the bird. He always supports tyranny, never liberty. No conflict.