Posted on 05/10/2018 8:06:19 AM PDT by sickoflibs
Republican Sen. John McCain says former President Obama called to thank him after his dramatic vote against his party’s Obamacare repeal bill last year.
In a copy of his forthcoming book, “The Restless Wave,” obtained by the Daily Beast, McCain said he appreciated the call from Obama. The two ran against each other in the 2008 presidential election.
“Among the people who called to thank me was President Obama,” McCain writes. “I appreciated the call, but, as I said, my purpose hadn’t been to preserve his signature accomplishment but to insist on a better alternative, and to give the Senate an opportunity to work together to find one.”
Before McCain turned his thumb down to signal his no vote, he received a call from President Trump urging him to support the bill. The call came after Vice President Mike Pence tried to lobby McCain on the Senate floor to vote with their party. Obama didn’t call ahead of the vote to try to sway McCain’s vote, the senator said.
“He hadn’t called to lobby me before the vote, which I had appreciated. He had last called me not long after the November election, during the transition to the Trump administration, to congratulate me on my reelection. He added that he was counting on me to be an outspoken and independent voice for the causes I believed in as I had been during his presidency. I thanked him, and said I would try to be.”
McCain’s book is set to be released May 22. The book’s release comes as he battles an aggressive form of brain cancer.
I’m sure he did, also in 2012 and for Hillary in 2016. I’m sure he didn’t vote for Bush either.
This criminal, corrupt fool is the ultimate smarmy loser. Die already...
McCain is not a “maverick,” he is a renegade.
I usually explain that here whenever Trump says what you did as its pretty simple.
It takes 51 Senator's votes to change the rules.
There are not 51 Senators in the Senate who would vote change those rules regarding laws.
They couldn't get 51 for eliminating Obamacare funding/taxes (Skinny) bill and they wouldnt get 51 to change the rules.
Nor do they have 51 who want a vote on that.
WHAT!? MClAME isn’t dead yet?
Yup. He is the true definition of RINO.
Did he vote for Obama in the 2008 election too?
Satan’s little minion, how nice.
Ah, yes, a memoir to justify a life of duplicity — see how swell I was?
Voters in Arizona elected this dummy ....knowing how he felt and voted. It is amazing to me how these sorts of politicians keep getting elected!!!
Can I Bill the McCain Estate for the $50,000 I estimate that Obamacare has cost me?
I doubt that scummy McLame is actually saying anything at all right now. His scummy aids are most likely saying all the crap of the last few days.
Corrected Tagline. Carry on...
So he cant count you in on his funeral?
Trump's spot has just opened up, except he may have given that to Obama.
Bet the farm on it.
I’m sure he did McBastard.
And Shrillary thanked you for voting for her too, I’m sure.
It took nearly 4 years to finally take my aunt-but she fought it as hard as anyone could. As such, one would think that I would be the last person to wish this on someone but in mcStain’s case I do want him to linger on just as long as possible in order to see PJT erase his legacy completely once he’s done erasing zippy’s...
It’s hard to even respect his military service. He should have come home when they offered to let him go, “honor” aside, allowing yourself to be tortured for years is insane and not in the least “heroic”. And he cracked and signed a phony confession too so what was the point?
America would have been better off if he hadn’t made it back.
The party may as well have cross-nominated Obama himself.
I poo pooed DJ’s “ringer” theory and still definitely don’t believe that Romney wanted to lose. But McCain? Maybe he did, the p**ck is a complete lunatic.
“... his military service...”
Everything he’s done since negates it, to my mind.
He’s a bitter, nasty old man to the very end.
I think McQueeg is too much of a malignant narcissist to not have voted for himself in 2008. Other years, he obviously voted Dem for President (Manbearpig ‘00, Kerry ‘04, Zero ‘12, Hillary ‘16 or Egg McMuffin).
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