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McCain Gets Thanked (Original Post) Honeycombe8 Jul 2017 OP
He did the right thing. dalton99a Jul 2017 #1
He should be thanked, and it is sad that some feel the need to cynically characterize still_one Jul 2017 #2
I agree. He made a big deal out of need to work w/Dems to hash something out. Honeycombe8 Jul 2017 #3
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There goes her Ambassadorship Thrill Jul 2017 #5

still_one

(92,136 posts)
2. He should be thanked, and it is sad that some feel the need to cynically characterize
Sun Jul 30, 2017, 11:49 AM
Jul 2017

McCain, when he did the right thing, and effectively, along with Collins, Murkowski, and every Democrat in the Senate vote this terrible bill down



Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
3. I agree. He made a big deal out of need to work w/Dems to hash something out.
Sun Jul 30, 2017, 11:53 AM
Jul 2017

He wasn't posturing. He meant it. He said he & others have good ideas that he thinks some Dems would agree with.

He didn't like the secretive, push-this-down-your-throat way that McConnell did this terrible bill for political reasons.

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