...and then there were none.

[madamesilverspurs]

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[InAbLuEsTaTe]

1. McCain honorable? Hardly! How quickly some forget his Rethug record & campaign against Obama.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[madamesilverspurs]

5. Granted, he was imperfect (and ain't we all?).

And he could be astoundingly exasperating and downright stupid (Palin comes to mind.) But he had his moments, memorable for their rarity. His standing up to McConnell on the health care vote is indelibly imprinted on our history, as are his words quoted here. Both required some measure of honor and decency, even if those qualities did not imbue his whole character.


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[InAbLuEsTaTe]

6. I'll give him, and you, that much.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[greyl]

2. Weird, but he said those words in 2017.

He died on August 25, 2018, five days before the date attributed on that meme.

"This place is important. The work we do is important. Our strange rules and seemingly eccentric practices that slow our proceedings and insist on our cooperation are important. Our founders envisioned the Senate as the more deliberative, careful body that operates at a greater distance than the other body from the public passions of the hour.

"We are an important check on the powers of the Executive. Our consent is necessary for the President to appoint jurists and powerful government officials and in many respects to conduct foreign policy. Whether or not we are of the same party, we are not the President's subordinates. We are his equal!

"As his responsibilities are onerous, many and powerful, so are ours. And we play a vital role in shaping and directing the judiciary, the military, and the cabinet, in planning and supporting foreign and domestic policies. Our success in meeting all these awesome constitutional obligations depends on cooperation among ourselves.
July 25, 2017

https://www.npr.org/2017/07/25/539323689/watch-sen-mccain-calls-for-compromise-in-return-to-senate-floor

[madamesilverspurs]

3. Thanks, fixed.

That's what I get for using the date of the article in which he was quoted. Sloppy on my part.

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[greyl]

4. Lol, I didn't imagine it was your original!

even though no results on TinEye. You're welcome.