Posted on 11/11/2014 6:44:02 AM PST by DoodleDawg
Its been a career filled with highs and lows, but when John McCain looks back on the closing months of 2014, the former Republican Party presidential nominee and current senator will probably remember the time as one of long-awaited and welcome returns. There were, of course, the results of last weeks midterms, which gave the GOP majority status in the Senate next year and put an end to eight long years of wandering. Once the new Congress convenes next year, McCains chairmanship of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee is all but guaranteed.
In addition to the Senate majority, McCain teamed up with his longtime friend and creative partner Mark Salter to write a book about military service, American history and the value of an old-fashioned, martial sense of honor. The result is 13 Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans at War, which looks at 13 men and women who fought for the U.S. one for every major American war and how the experience affected them.
Salon spoke with McCain over the phone about the book, the war on ISIS, what he thinks President Obama should do on immigration and what he hopes to see from the soon-to-be GOP-controlled Senate. Our conversation is below and has been edited for length and clarity.
(Excerpt) Read more at salon.com ...
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It’s clear here Meghan McCain gets her brains.
Why? He was such a useful tool in ‘08.
John McCain is concerned that the election may ha been an indication that he has become as irrelevant as Obama.
I don’t like McCain much but I did enjoy the takedown of Jay Carney he did a couple weeks ago.
McCain quoted in the article:
“Heres my logic, real quick. My logic is that [Speaker Boehner] has now gained a larger number of members which, I believe and Ive been told by people around him would allow him to override the hardcore people who under no circumstances would agree to any reform.”
GOPe cheerleaders, tell me again how electing more RINOs empowers conservatives?
People continuously run to McCain and Paul for their opinions. Why? They have just one vote, just like the other ninety-eight.
“I don’t think I shall understand the man in this lifetime.”
When you realize he is actually a Democrat operative, it all makes sense.
Good luck on that book Obamacain.
Either he really doesn’t know Salon is the enemy or he’s close to flipping to a RAT.
I suspect the latter but with McCain...who knows.
BCC in AZ here. AMEN!
I voted for JD HAYWORTH last round, and I couldn’t believe the (conservative?) opposition’s excuses for voting for this arrogant liberal prick.
“Did I mention McCain is an idiot?”
He’s not really an idiot, he’s just a liberal, and “idiot” is redundant.
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