Love him or hate him, McCain represents his constituents in Arizona. The Senate should not be set up in such a way that one senator is expected to rein in another.
Maybe it is time to go for a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on congress critters.
Term limits have worked well in California where politicians are forced to move on from safe positions to fight for other ones. The same should be true at the national level.
If senators and congressmen were term limited then there might not be so much graft, corruption, and isolation from reality.
If Republican candidates knew they actually had to go back into the real world to get a job they might not start acting like Democrats who expect a government handout for their entire life.
No he doesn't. Once McCain became a national figure he totally forgot about Arizona. He comes home every six years, deals out goodies to the Indian reservations and the democrats and that's it.
Maybe not from the elected officials, but the graft, corruption and isolation that would develop from the unelected staffer in Washington would be overwhelming.
What you have said is true. If we had term limits we would not have the Byrds, Kennedys, Lugars, they are entrenched, they needed to be gone a long time. Too much time does breed corruption. Not much of a McCain fan though.
Bingo!
Did that after FDR's four terms ... very much needed in Congress; say with three term limit in House and two term limit in the Senate.
Should also consider extending to Congessional staffers.
...."Love him or hate him, McCain represents his constituents in Arizona."....
No he doesn't! McCain represents McCain, period. He sure as H@LL does NOT represent the GOP! Even the freakin' DUmmies call him an "independant". That ought to tell you something. I am not sure that McCain is enough of a conservative to even be called a RINO! I know he has a far better chance of getting the Dem. nomination in'08 than he does of getting the GOP nomination in '08!
"Maybe it is time to go for a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on congress critters."
You apparently are not paying attention. We already have term limits and results yesterday demonstrated it.
That should have been done long ago but guess who gets to write that little bit of legislation? Our congresscritters who vote themselves the treasury.
Fat chance EVER seeing terms limits in our lifetime. The view is too sweet for them career politicians.