“That is just dishonest. Really really dishonest. You have absolutely zero basis for that statement.”
I’d say he’s spot on. Republicans in the Senate would fight Hillary or Obama harder on amnesty. If McCain were president, you’d have John Kyl and other Republicans helping push an amnesty bill through, Republicans who’d fight the same bill if a Dem. were in the WH.
And, as in 1992, Republicans have a far better chance of regaining the Senate if a Dem. is in the WH. Also, with McCain, he’d be constantly “reaching across the aisle” to come up with more bills such as McCain/Feingold, McCain/Kennedy, McCain/Lieberman and others.
McCain gained the nomination by receiving about 35% of the vote, while the non-McCain vote was split among three and four candidates. So many winner-take-all states have given us a candidate with very shallow support in the party, but he’ll only do what he damned well pleases (”I know what’s best for America”) if in the WH, and will cause more splits in the party as he’s done in the past. He’s no way forward for the Republican party.
I agree with you completely. But his post is saying McCain would actually help stop amnesty. I’m saying there’s zero basis for that assumption and it’s dishonest to imagine it.