The Democrats want this and McCain’s purpose is to give the Democrats what they want while taking the political hit on the Democrats’ behalf. McCain and Graham have always seen that as their main function.
The Democrats want this because it will achieve their objective of turning us into a pacifist nation.
The Left has been lamenting the fact that they haven’t been able to get a really good antiwar movement going since we went to an all-volunteer military.
Their thinking is that if their daughters are likely to be drafted, all of the parents will take to the streets and protest the next time some Republican wants to start an “illegal war”.
McCain is playing right into their hands.
Only question is whether it’s due to treachery or senility.