Posted on 01/21/2009 12:55:38 PM PST by rabscuttle385
(CNN) – John McCain on Wednesday used his first Senate floor speech since the end of the presidential campaign to urge his colleagues to quickly confirm fellow Sen. Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.
"I think the message that the American people are sending us now is they want us to work together and get to work," McCain said. "I think we ought to let Senator Clinton, who is obviously qualified and obviously will serve, get to work immediately."
The Senate is expected to easily confirm Clinton Wednesday afternoon, and McCain's particular support of the New York senator isn't surprising.
McCain confidantes tell CNN the Arizona senator developed a genuinely deep admiration for Clinton during the drawn-out Democratic primary process. Both senators also sit on the Armed Services Committee and had become close on several congressional delegation trips abroad.
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I don’t like Hillary either, but I would take he in a heartbeat over the Kenyan. She has more balls than our metrosexual poser in chief could ever muster. I do believe she would defend this country, whereas zero??? I think not.
Agreed. HildaBeast has way more nerve than wimpy little Zero.
That’s right. He put someone in the CIA as head who sure hasn’t had any intelligence experience.
Sleeping with? How about IS?
What’s that beady eyed rodent up to now?
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