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Posted on 05/18/2007 4:27:35 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) hasn't spent much time in the Capitol this year as he seeks the GOP presidential nomination. But one of his rare appearances this week provided a pretty salty exchange with a fellow Republican.
During a meeting Thursday on immigration legislation, McCain and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) got into a shouting match when Cornyn started voicing concerns about the number of judicial appeals that illegal immigrants could receive, according to multiple sources -- both Democrats and Republicans -- who heard firsthand accounts of the exchange from lawmakers who were in the room.
At a bipartisan gathering in an ornate meeting room just off the Senate floor, McCain complained that Cornyn was raising petty objections to a compromise plan being worked out between Senate Republicans and Democrats and the White House. He used a curse word associated with chickens and accused Cornyn of raising the issue just to torpedo a deal.
Things got really heated when Cornyn accused McCain of being too busy campaigning for president to take part in the negotiations, which have gone on for months behind closed doors. "Wait a second here," Cornyn said to McCain. "I've been sitting in here for all of these negotiations and you just parachute in here on the last day. You're out of line."
McCain, a former Navy pilot, then used language more accustomed to sailors (not to mention the current vice president, who made news a few years back after a verbal encounter with Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont).
"[Expletive] you! I know more about this than anyone else in the room," shouted McCain at Cornyn. McCain helped craft a bill in 2006 that passed the Senate but couldn't be compromised with a House bill that was much tougher on illegal immigrants.
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I know you don’t want to vote for McCain, but I wonder if your fellow AZ citizens who believe so deeply in him will offer you an alternative. AZ is moving rapidly to the left, like CO and VA.
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Thank you for this post!! That is one scary dude.....
I can stomach voting for Mitt Romney in the general election. I can even stomach voting for Rudy. But there’s no way in He!! that I’m ever going to vote for McD*ckhead!
Yea, if you vote for McPain, as the late Desi Arnaz, Sr., used to say, “You’re going to have some ‘splaining to do”!!!
chickensh**
I an reluctant to pile in on the anti-immigration bill, as Kyle and Cornyn seem to respect it. I just don’t trust the National government to enforce any bill. If they build the fence, and gain a little credibility... maybe.
Does he kiss his mother with that mouth?
People have to remember that Benedict Arnold was a hero before he turned traitor.
Anyone but John McCAin
Never forget!
F$#@! that!
He’s a WAR HERO, dontcha know?
I would have hit him in the teeth w/ the power of THOR..
I swear it too.
he was captured and tortured to be sure but he crashed every plane he flew
but he's always the smartest guy in the room
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John McCain...in his own words.
Two more reasons why he should not be President of the United States.
Temperament. Ego.
Mentally unstable.
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