They started calling him “Maverick” after that dumb movie with Tom Cruise, and McCain thought he was “Maverick” (he was THAT stupid)
Then they tried to make it sound like he was ‘a maverick’ in congress for going against his own party and siding with democrats- “Reaching Across the Aisle” is their sanctimonious term when a republican does it.
And he fell for it and kept doing it, to get more praise. He was THAT stupid...
McCain must always have talked liberalism when he was alone with these people. Otherwise, they would have nailed him to the wall for comments like these, and they wouldn’t have given him the “maverick” excuse.
He’s been a turncoat the whole time.