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  • McCain Looked into Caucusing with Democrats

    01/05/2007 8:25:35 AM PST · by freespirited · 22 replies · 1,835+ views
    1/5/07 | Freespirited
    Some of us have joked that McCain would be a great candidate--for the Democrat ticket. But it turns out that there is an element of truth to the joke. This month's Vanity Fair has a long fawning profile of McCain entitled Prisoners of Conscience. It says that the Bush-McCain relationship was so frayed after the 2000 election that in 2001, McCain strategist John Weaver actually sounded out Democratic Senate leaders about having McCain caucus with them. That would have given the Democrats control of the Senate. The piece goes on to say that it became a moot point when Jeffords...