I honor McCain for his sacrifice during the Vietnam War. I believe he honors, above all, loyalty and thus he would react harshly to what he considered disloyalty. I have no problem with someone controlling their own staff but my problem with McCain is that I question to what he is loyal. He says he loves the country and I don’t doubt that. But I think he actually might have a higher loyalty to the U.S. Senate than to any other entity and he believes that peace in the Senate is the best way to be loyal to the country at large. But when the Senate is being run by Dem partisans at the expense of the nation, that is a false loyalty. He has run an honorable campaign and will return to accolades in the Senate but he does so at the expense of conservative principles and bedrock American values.
McCain is a dedicated Republican. He’s also a Conservative in name only. McCain has made a career of tossing conservative values under the bus when he determined it suited his needs. I voted for him on Nov. 4th, but not with alot of glee.
He should be honored for his service to our nation based upon his time in the US Navy, and what he endured as a POW. He should be respected for his service to Arizona as a US Senator. However, I cringe when he speaks about being a foot soldier in the Reagan Revolution. Yes, he may be a foot soldier, but he never got promoted above E-3 if his record is reviewd objectively. He is certainly unworthy of any accolade that promotes him as any kind of true leader of conservatism - he simply is not.
McCain’s lack of true belief and faith in conservative values is what cost him this election, not Gov. Palin. REAL conservative would not have ever supported the bail out bill. True conservatives would never suggest that man-made global warming is a real thing, thus the whole cap and trade issue would also be unworthy of consideration. True conservatives would never agree to the limits on free speech that McCain-Feingold imposed. True conservatives would never have been forced into protecting our borders, such a thing should be as natural as breathing. Mccain has opposed tax cuts, he’s even propsed taxing health care benefits at work...how in heaven is that conservative?
McCain almost seemed happy to have lost, not an attitude I like to see in those I am looking to vote into positions of leadership.
I think you’re exactly right, his primary loyalty is to the Senate.