Graham & McCain talk about the ‘opportunism’ of Ted Cruz and the need to fight the Islamic State

The Washington Post's PostPolitics ^ | November 23, 2015 | David Weigel

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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) returned to the campaign trail this weekend, making seven stops in New Hampshire with his colleague and preferred presidential candidate, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). After the third stop, at an American Legion hall in Hudson, N.H., the two hawkish Republicans sat down for a joint interview about the refugee crisis, the need to send troops to fight the Islamic State, whether the secretary of state should resign, and what the world would look like had voters made McCain president seven years ago.

WP: You both mentioned that there are senators who are late-comers to this issue, and don't have a strategy. In your view, are Sens. Cruz and Paul going all-in on the refugee issue because they don't have a strategy to fight the Islamic State?

McCain: That's the only conclusion you can draw. When Lindsey Graham and I said that we had to arm the Free Syrian Army so that they could fight against the barrel-bombing and the slaughter, Sen. Cruz said that would be the air force for al-Qaeda. I mean, totally disconnected from what we were trying to do. He voted against, for example, the NDAA....

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were they holding hands?

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Obviously Senators Graham and McCain are right on.....when you consider the over whelming support they each received in their campaigns!!!

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Did they spend their evenings in a nice New England B&B and bundled up under the blankies together?