Posted on 04/04/2017 2:49:17 AM PDT by jalisco555
U.S. Sen. John McCain on Monday announced that he will support an upcoming effort by his fellow Republicans to win Senate confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court by changing the chamber's rules in order to overcome Democratic opposition.
McCain, in remarks to reporters, said he had "no choice" but to go along with a change in rules ending a tradition of 60 votes in the 100-member Senate needed to advance Supreme Court nominees to a final vote. He said he would support the rule change "because we need to confirm Gorsuch."
In the past, McCain has strongly opposed such a change.
Why slander the party supporting Trump’s nomination. Fragmenting the left’s opposition is what they do, not what we do. The enemy is the left, the enemy is the old media empire, the enemies are the Clinton and Obama crime families, and the enemies are the foreign invaders plotting mass murder in the name of Islam.
I'll give him credit, Graham has always said that Presidents deserve to have their nominees voted on, which is why he always voted to give Democrat nominees their vote.
-PJ
Agree Timmy. Too many freepers expend too much energy attacking the wrong party, something cleverly influenced by the real enemies on the left.
Exactly. McConnell has been great on this. And kudos to McCain for doing the right thing.
Shocking as hell that McCain is supporting this....Mich better look for a snake in the grass...McSwain can NOT be trusted.....
All you need is one Democrat (Manchin?) and you can claim Gorsuch was approved on a bi-partisan vote. Republicans need to play the game to win.
Heitkamp has also said she will vote for Gorsuch, so yeah it’s definitely bi-partisan.
Yeah, Kennedy is going to retire this year(?), and Ruth Buzzy will just splatt her face on the bench and be down for the count.
The demonrats picked a poor time to lose a election!
Why is McCain the person that the media ALWAYS turns to for commentary on Republican efforts in the senate...?
Why is McCain the person that the media ALWAYS turns to for commentary on Republican efforts in the senate...?
Hmmm...I wonder exactly which ones would own up to being John McPain's fellow republicans..??
That man is a genuine snake of the first order.....
Perhaps old Juan is horse trading his support for a “don’t come after me on this Russian stuff”.
Sen. McConnell has been very strong since Justice Scalia passed away. But for his steadfastness, Merrick Garland would have been appointed to the Supreme Court already.
And...?
The filibuster is DEAD ten minutes after the Democrats get their next Senate majority.
That’s so obvious, even McCain gets it.
Backing the anti-Assad, anti-Russia jihadists in Syria paid for by Gulf Arab money could cause one to think Senator McCain is really a “KSA Senator” as in “Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”.
Sounds like it is pretty much a done deal, now that McCain, Graham, and Collins have all come out saying they would support the “nuclear option.” The only remaining question mark is Murkowski, but even without her it passes with 51.
I heard that Collins was on board with this, and that Murkowski was the hold out.
McShame and his Squeeze doing the right thing? Get prepared for some severe earthquakes!
This tells me that McCain knows that the nuclear option will be used so he wants to be on the winning side. If he thought it wasn’t he would oppose. Slimy political bastard traitor.
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