John McCain could be the Senate’s new Ted Kennedy [huge barf]

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 2009-08-27 | Cynthia Tucker

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On Sunday, John McCain told George Stephanopoulos that “health care reform might be in a very different place today” if Teddy Kennedy were well enough to participate in the negotiations.

“He had a unique way of sitting down with the parties at a table and making the right concessions, which really are the essence of successful negotiations, so it’s huge that he’s absent,” McCain said on “This Week,” mentioning his “personal affection” for Kennedy.

Over the last 24 hours, many other observers have noted Kennedy’s reputation for reaching across the aisle. Interestingly, the same used to be said about McCain.

When he ran for president, McCain’s reputation for a principled bipartisanship was intact. But since his defeat, he has bowed to the harsh nihilism that seems to be all that Republicans represent these days. They just want to defeat Obama and his policies. They don’t care about getting anything done.

If McCain really has such “personal affection” for Kennedy — or if he has a shred of concern left for his country — he ought to quit listening to the cynics of his party and start seriously negotiating on health care reform.

Teddy Kennedy earned his reputation for pragmatism when Democrats were out of power. The GOP needs the same sort of pragmatism now that they are out of power.

Even if few other Republicans follow McCain’s lead, he has little to lose with the party’s base, who never cared much for him anyhow. McCain might as well accomplish something worthwhile in his remaining years in the Senate.

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[Grunthor]

“John McCain could be the Senate’s new Ted Kennedy [huge barf]”

There is an election coming, someone retire this pr*ck.

[counterpunch]

McCain may be senile, but he’s no drunk.

[Califreak]

Knowing McCain, I suppose he could.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Palin needs to write him a letter or call him...

[massgopguy]

He could start. Then we could call him Senator Budweiser.

[rvoitier]

and mccain will lap it up like a puppy laying on its back getting its tummy rubbed.

[Tarpon]

McCain is the biggest sucker for a media bribe out there.

[Sig Sauer P220]

If McCain becomes fat and drunk to go along with his stupid, he could become Teddy.

[boomop1]

The appeasing back stabber should just go away.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Pimping Ted Kennedy's Corpse

Can't post the actual article itself, due to FR language restrictions... but: DEAD. ON. ACCURATE.

[MaggieCarta]

Even if few other Republicans follow McCain’s lead, he has little to lose with the party’s base, who never cared much for him anyhow.

Giggle.

[FrdmLvr]

Oh wow. Just wait til he hears this!

[Mr. Lucky]

Whatever his other weaknesses, if John McCain were Ted Kennedy, Mary Jo Kopechne today would be a grandmother, whose fading memory of the summer of 1969 would be no different than that of any other young lady who married, led a productive life, outlived her parents and grew old surrounded by the family she loved.

[listenhillary]

I came here to say that. Well done.

[meyer]

I don’t know - as far as I know, he hasn’t ditched any women in a lake to die. On the other hand, his legislative “prowess” isn’t all that far to the right of the commie Ted Kennedy.

[Melchior]

Tell that to McCain’s first wife.

[magslinger]

Who is McCain going to drive off a bridge?

[ScottinVA]

Nah. Kennedy was a committed, hardcore, dyed-in-the-wool leftist. McCain is a spongy opportunist constantly on the hunt for media praise.

The more time goes on, it’s actually a blessing in disguise McCain wasn’t elected. As his stances on immigration, cap-and-trade, etc are essentially indistinguishable from 0bama’s, I think he’d have been a disaster, dragging down Sarah with him. With McCain out of the running for POTUS, Sarah can chart her own path.