[JRochelle]

Shocking. Coburn is one of the best.

[Rick.Donaldson]

I thought they meant JAMES COBURN... oh well

[Bahbah]

Very disappointing.

[counterpunch]

I love the Coburn Report. I watch it every night.
This is going to be hugh.

[SE Mom]

I was stunned to hear this- what has happened? Coburn for McCAIN???? Just unbelievable.

[Old Retired Army Guy]

Coburn is the Senate leader as far as I am concerned against pork barrel/earmark spending. He is not your typical politician. Says what he believes and walks the talk.

[Badeye]

Describing Tom Coburn as a ‘major endorsement’ tells me McCain is panicking again, just as he did in 2000.

[montag813]

My (ex?) hero Coburn making a huge mistake.

[NoobRep]

Coburn is a brilliant man but this may come back to bite him in the butt in a few years. I always thought Coburn would make a great VP. Supporting a RINO like McAmnesty is going to be like a bad tattoo on his arm.

[puroresu]

What the hell is he thinking?????

[AuntB]

Tom Coburn Oklahoma?

There goes any respect I ever had for him.

[newgeezer]

If you line ten people up, nine out of ten probably couldn't tell you who Coburn is.

[elizabetty]

McCain list of Senators supporting him reads like a who's who of RINOs with a very few exceptions.

Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.)
Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.)
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine)
Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.)
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.)
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.)
Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.)
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine)
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.)
Sen. John Warner (R-Va.)

[elpadre]

Senators of the same party are probably expected to stand for each other - brothers in the bond. Otherwise, back on the floor there may well be some sort of punishment - maybe a whisper, but effective.

[Red_Devil 232]

It would be nice if Jeff Sessions (Sen. Ala.) would endorse Fred!

[Vigilanteman]

Very shocking. Coburn has been one of the three best conservatives in the U.S. Senate (Jim DeMint and Jeff Sessions are the other two) and he endorses a guy who delights in poking a sharp stick into the eye of conservatives?

I confess that I actually backed McCain in 2000. But between his bigoted comments about Christian conservatives, his co-sponsorship of McCain-Feingold, his support for open borders and Mexicanization of America and his general propensity to p*ss on the conservative base, I wouldn't support him if he were running for dog catcher now.

I have to wonder what Coburn got in return for his endorsement.

[.cnI redruM]

He and McCain align on one issue. Pork.

I wish Coburn would think more closely about several hundred other issues where McCain isn’t as good.

[normy]

Senators endorsing Senators? Shocking.

My guess is either way it benefits them. If McCain wins, they look good for endorsing him AND he's out of the Senate and can no longer bust their balls.

If he loses and they endorse the winner, their lives will be a living hell as long as they remain in the Senate.

Can you imagine endorsing Thompson and that puts him over the top. Talk about ash trays flying back at the Senate watering hole.

[COBOL2Java]

I’m not too surprised. The US Senate is more of a Country Club than a government institution. These 100 “elites” tend to look out for one another.

[RockinRight]

Coburn?

I thought for sure Coburn would be either a Hunter or a Fred guy.

[My Favorite Headache]

Stupid.