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PoindexterOglethorpe

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9. Maybe, maybe not. In the end he was a Republican

Wed Jan 22, 2020, 05:14 AM

Jan 2020

and I'm not sure he'd have gone against the leadership at this point.

I recall all too well when people were swooning over the possibility of his being the VP selection, and I wish I could recall which year it was (Google is no help at all here) because he was supposedly so "liberal". I remember then thinking that those who thought this was a possibility had no clue at all, least of all about how party politics actually worked.

McCain was a Republican. He'd be falling in line behind the Republican establishment were he alive today. Do not begin to think otherwise.

You might want to look back at Stephen Colbert's White House Correspondents dinner in 2006 and he declared that McCain was a true Maverick. Yes, he was doing something different with the salad fork. What a Maverick!

McCain got credit he never deserved.

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Can't believe I'd ever say this.... [View all] NiteOwl1 Jan 2020 OP

Maybe. He DID try to make Sarah Palin our VP... NCLefty Jan 2020 #1

I've always had mixed feelings about him. NiteOwl1 Jan 2020 #3

I miss him too. Like a complete Jackass, I thought bcause He and Lindsey Graham were close napi21 Jan 2020 #2

Yeah.... McCain would be kicking Graham's ass NiteOwl1 Jan 2020 #4

and it shows one thing... NiteOwl1 Jan 2020 #5

I miss Al Franken more Skittles Jan 2020 #6

THIS. calimary Jan 2020 #8

Hmmmm. Not sure we could count on that. stopdiggin Jan 2020 #7

Maybe, maybe not. In the end he was a Republican PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2020 #9

I'll never celebrate any man's death, but... KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 #10