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McCain hints at retirement in 2016
The Hill ^

Posted on 09/13/2013 10:28:42 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

McCain hints at retirement in 2016 By Mario Trujillo - 09/13/13 12:38 PM ET

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) hinted that he may be serving his last term in office, admitting that he does not want to become “one of these old guys that should’ve shoved off.”

McCain, a 27-year veteran of the senate and former presidential candidate, made the admission while speaking about his relationship with President Obama.

“The president and I, he's in his last term, I'm probably in mine, the relationship we have had over the past three years is quite good,” McCain told The Wrap in an interview. “Quite good."

The 77-year-old McCain's current term is up in 2016. When asked if this would really be his last term, McCain backtracked a bit.

“Nah, I don’t know,” McCain said. “I was trying to make a point. I have to decide in about two years so I don’t have to make a decision. I don’t want to be one of these old guys that should’ve shoved off.”

McCain made the initial remark about retirement off-the-cuff to a group of Obama supporters who interrupted the interview as he was arguing that television providers should unbundle their channels.

He initially backed Obama’s plan for limited military intervention in Syria, and he has been working on legislation to provide time for a diplomatic resolution.

Earlier this year, McCain also supported a compromise on universal background checks for gun buyers as part of a broader gun control package that failed in the Senate.

While arguing for immigration reform in the interview, McCain also made clear that his time in the chamber is waning.

“Now I’m not doing it for political reasons,” he said. “I’ll be long gone ... But it’s got to be done because it’s the right thing for America.”

McCain is the ninth oldest member of the Senate. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), 80, became the oldest after Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s (D-N.J.) death earlier this year.


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KEYWORDS: boehnerretire; collaborator; feinstein; mccain; mccainretire; mccainretirement
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Buh bye........
1 posted on 09/13/2013 10:28:42 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver
There must be an FBI investigation breathing down his neck.
2 posted on 09/13/2013 10:29:52 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (When your policy is to rob Peter to pay Paul, you can count on enthusiastic support from Paul.)
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he does not want to become “one of these old guys that should’ve shoved off.”

Too late. That ship has done sailed.

3 posted on 09/13/2013 10:30:05 AM PDT by TomServo
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To: Sub-Driver

10,000,000 at the Mall in DC plan to celebrate!


4 posted on 09/13/2013 10:30:27 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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To: Sub-Driver

that’s too damn late. This jackass should retire this afternoon before he does more damage.


5 posted on 09/13/2013 10:30:56 AM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: Sub-Driver

Why not resign now.


6 posted on 09/13/2013 10:30:58 AM PDT by svcw (We do not fear death, as much as we fear no one will remember us.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Do we have to wait that long?


7 posted on 09/13/2013 10:30:59 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Truth/Lies; Liberty/Tyranny--WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE??)
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"I don’t want to be one of these old guys that should’ve shoved off.”

Twenty years too late Juan.

8 posted on 09/13/2013 10:31:12 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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He and Boehner, announcing this month? Are they getting so much heat they can’t take it?


9 posted on 09/13/2013 10:31:19 AM PDT by stanne
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To: Sub-Driver

Why wait ?


10 posted on 09/13/2013 10:31:23 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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To: Sub-Driver

That news is akin to finding out that the polyp has fallen off of its own accord.


11 posted on 09/13/2013 10:31:25 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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To: Sub-Driver

Why wait so long, Maverick?


12 posted on 09/13/2013 10:31:34 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Juan departs after aiding & abetting destroying America and the Constitution.


13 posted on 09/13/2013 10:31:46 AM PDT by newfreep (Breitbart sent me...)
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14 posted on 09/13/2013 10:32:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong. .....Voltaire)
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“I don’t want to be one of these old guys that should’ve shoved off.”

You should’ve never shoved on you worthless pos.


15 posted on 09/13/2013 10:32:16 AM PDT by John W (Viva Cristo Rey!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Is he retiring to Mexico where he can collect his bribe money for getting more illegals in the USA than ever thought possible?


16 posted on 09/13/2013 10:32:56 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) hinted that he may be serving his last term in office, admitting that he does not want to become "one of these old guys that should’ve shoved off."

TOO LATE, JOHN. SO WHY WAIT? BTW, STFU

17 posted on 09/13/2013 10:33:42 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Henceforth, the Office of the President shall be known as IMPOTUS)
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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) hinted that he may be serving his last term in office, admitting that he does not want to become “one of these old guys that should’ve shoved off.”

That train left the station well over a decade ago....

18 posted on 09/13/2013 10:34:40 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (It's hard to accept the truth when the lies were exactly what you wanted to hear.)
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To: TomServo

I should read downthread before posting....


19 posted on 09/13/2013 10:35:05 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (It's hard to accept the truth when the lies were exactly what you wanted to hear.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Do it NOW! Just resign and get OUT!


20 posted on 09/13/2013 10:35:54 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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