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McCain, Cornyn Engage in Heated Exchange (F-Bomb)
Washington Post ^ | 05/18/2007 | Paul Kane

Posted on 05/18/2007 4:27:35 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) hasn't spent much time in the Capitol this year as he seeks the GOP presidential nomination. But one of his rare appearances this week provided a pretty salty exchange with a fellow Republican.

During a meeting Thursday on immigration legislation, McCain and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) got into a shouting match when Cornyn started voicing concerns about the number of judicial appeals that illegal immigrants could receive, according to multiple sources -- both Democrats and Republicans -- who heard firsthand accounts of the exchange from lawmakers who were in the room.

At a bipartisan gathering in an ornate meeting room just off the Senate floor, McCain complained that Cornyn was raising petty objections to a compromise plan being worked out between Senate Republicans and Democrats and the White House. He used a curse word associated with chickens and accused Cornyn of raising the issue just to torpedo a deal.

Things got really heated when Cornyn accused McCain of being too busy campaigning for president to take part in the negotiations, which have gone on for months behind closed doors. "Wait a second here," Cornyn said to McCain. "I've been sitting in here for all of these negotiations and you just parachute in here on the last day. You're out of line."

McCain, a former Navy pilot, then used language more accustomed to sailors (not to mention the current vice president, who made news a few years back after a verbal encounter with Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont).

"[Expletive] you! I know more about this than anyone else in the room," shouted McCain at Cornyn. McCain helped craft a bill in 2006 that passed the Senate but couldn't be compromised with a House bill that was much tougher on illegal immigrants.

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To: Political Junkie Too

“That’s a new one on me. Is it because chickens cluck?”

It may be because chickens “sit” on their perches.


61 posted on 05/18/2007 4:54:25 PM PDT by billhilly (My former tag line.)
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To: Jake The Goose

Dr. Dobson just said he would NEVER vote for McCain or Rudy either. He was especially vehement (if that’s the right word) about McCain.


62 posted on 05/18/2007 4:55:19 PM PDT by Marysecretary (GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I would give that little nutcase a big black eye


63 posted on 05/18/2007 4:55:43 PM PDT by pissant
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To: Jake The Goose

We are all caught up with the farm work,until we start baling hay in 2-3 weeks.


64 posted on 05/18/2007 4:57:11 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (Every time a toilet flushes,another liberal gets his brains.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

McCains dealings with the Vietnam POW issue will never be forgotten as far as I’m concerned...


65 posted on 05/18/2007 4:57:56 PM PDT by vietvet67
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To: Jake The Goose

Great story! And your timing is impeccable. LOL


66 posted on 05/18/2007 4:58:28 PM PDT by pissant
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To: Marysecretary

Yeah - I heard that.

Look - I don’t agree with the man - but I respect the way he took a stand.

Don’t like me - say so - you know?

Jim Robinson, Dobson, these guys have earned a certain amount of influence - I have no problem with them using it.

18 months to go - it’s gonna get nuts - really nuts.


67 posted on 05/18/2007 4:58:28 PM PDT by Jake The Goose
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To: Sleeping Beauty
Well, that's a relief. I thought he might have called poor Cornyn a "breast."

...or a drums dick;

68 posted on 05/18/2007 4:59:13 PM PDT by Migraine (...diversity is great... until it happens to YOU...)
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To: pissant

Hey Pissant - you have earned my respect - I look for you,, whether you post to me or not.

Your a player - I like that.

And - I respect that.


69 posted on 05/18/2007 4:59:50 PM PDT by Jake The Goose
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To: Jake The Goose

I was interested in McCain when he ran against Bush, so I went to see him when he came to town. He walked within a couple of feet and seemed completely phoney to me. Although there were several hundred of us there he lost control of the meeting to whiny vets. I left early.


70 posted on 05/18/2007 5:00:06 PM PDT by ClaireSolt (Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
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To: Farmer Dean

I CANNOT imagine.

150 acres - 150 acres? 150?

Man oh man - I have 1.5 and I hate every square inch.

FYI - I am a California boy - 10 square feet is a lot to me.


71 posted on 05/18/2007 5:01:01 PM PDT by Jake The Goose
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72 posted on 05/18/2007 5:01:24 PM PDT by firewalk
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To: Responsibility2nd
He used a curse word associated with chickens

"Up yours, motherclucker!"

}:-)4

73 posted on 05/18/2007 5:01:26 PM PDT by Moose4 (Deport 'em. I don't need landscaping and I'll pay more for lettuce.)
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To: Jake The Goose

Don’t scare me like that. LOL


74 posted on 05/18/2007 5:02:03 PM PDT by pissant
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To: ClaireSolt

WOW - another McCain experience.

Incredible - we like brethren - we’re everywhere.


75 posted on 05/18/2007 5:02:13 PM PDT by Jake The Goose
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To: billhilly
Oh, so the author wasn't referring to the F-word with that allusion.

-PJ

76 posted on 05/18/2007 5:03:34 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (It's still not safe to vote Democrat.)
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To: pissant

I had a wonderful - fun day - what can I tell you.

My smile is busting my face.


77 posted on 05/18/2007 5:05:21 PM PDT by Jake The Goose
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To: vietvet67

Don’t forget he was John F’n Kerry’s # 1 choice for veep.


78 posted on 05/18/2007 5:05:27 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Global Warming is Leftist Theology - Why is it Being Taught in School?)
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To: Jake The Goose

Wow.


79 posted on 05/18/2007 5:06:14 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet -Fred'08)
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To: SE Mom

Damn right wow - like it was yesterday - I kid you not.


80 posted on 05/18/2007 5:06:58 PM PDT by Jake The Goose
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