McCain’s Remarks on 9/11 Bill Draw Democrats’ Fury

The Wall Street Journal ^ | 2010-12-17 | Devlin Barrett

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Tempers flared on the Senate floor Friday after Arizona Sen. John McCain said Democrats were wasting time “fooling around” with bills like one that would provide health care to ailing Ground Zero workers.

McCain’s comments sparked an immediate and angry response from New York Sen. Charles Schumer, who said the legislation is deadly serious to the workers who have died or fallen ill to cancer or other diseases from exposure to toxic debris.

McCain complained that Democratic leaders needlessly stalled a vote on a missile treaty with Russia “after all of the fooling around we’ve been doing” by holding losing votes on immigration and the Ground Zero health-care legislation.

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg also took McCain to task, calling his comments “shocking.” He noted that first responders came from across the country to work at the World Trade Center site, including about 100 people from McCain’s home state of Arizona.

Within minutes of McCain’s comment, Schumer had hurried to the floor to hit back.

“To call helping (first responders) fooling around is saddening and frustrating,” Schumer said. “We are not fooling around. We are fulfilling our duty as patriotic Americans.”

[The Comedian]

McCain bailed out the NY banks to the tune of $700+ Billion but attacks $7.4 Billion in health care expenditures for 9/11 first responders.

Fail.

Summarized perfectly.

Except for the addition of the continuing, bottomless litigation the lawyer class will generate from this if liability is admitted, especially at the national level.

I think these men deserve complete compensation. And not a dollar to their lawyers. Let's see how far that proposition advances...

And where, exactly, is the Federal responsibility for a city, county, and state liability matter like this invoked?

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[NutCrackerBoy]

McCain’s Remarks on 9/11 Bill Draw Democrats’ Fury
McCain's remarks renders Dems incontinent going all holier-than-thou on 9/11...

[kbennkc]

Lawyers cause lawsuits like flies cause poop or gun control or something like that.

[Carley]

So the uproar when Rudy wanted to rotate them off the debris pile didn’t happen?

Good try. We were there!!!!

And one of the poster guys for more more more money who was simply directing traffic blocks away was really digging right at the sight?

Don’t bother to reply.

[calcowgirl]

McCain complained that Democratic leaders needlessly stalled a vote on a missile treaty with Russia “after all of the fooling around we’ve been doing”...

EXCELLLENT. Stall, delay, and do anything necessary to stop START.

No surprise, McCain is standing with the Dems on this one.

[rabscuttle385]

Yes, McCain is standing with the Dems on START.

[monocle]

...New York Sen. Charles Schumer, who said the legislation is deadly serious to the workers who have died or fallen ill to cancer or other diseases from exposure to toxic debris. Would someone please explain to me how something could be deadly serious to someone who has died. I guess Schumer must attend seances and probably solicits votes at the same time.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Like I said, there are ways to be against this without being a total POS. Apparently, you’ve chosen not to avail yourself of them. Pity.

I’d ask you who ‘we’ is, but I don’t really care who you are or what you think.