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McCain Fires Back After Senate Rejects Proposal to Gut Earmarks [but "committed to working" w/Zero]
Fox News ^ | 2009-03-03

Posted on 03/04/2009 10:48:10 AM PST by rabscuttle385

CAVUTO: Let me ask you. This comes at a time when there are all sorts of rumors in Washington that you and the president, though you started hitting it off — he had this dinner for you, I think, the night before inauguration, and then he was talking about how crucial your support was on the troop drawdown in Iraq — and then it seemed like the wheels kind of came off the goodwill wagon.

What has happened here?

MCCAIN: Neil, I am the loyal opposition.

I work with the president, as I did on the Iraq issue. I will work with him on other issues, health care reform and other — look, the country is in too bad a shape for us not to work together. I am committed to working with the president.

It does not mean that on something like on a pork-laden bill that wastes billions of taxpayers' dollars, that I would go along with anybody, including members of my own party.

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To: wilco200
Every McCain post should include a pic of his daughter, just to make it a little less nauseating

Ya know, if you ever run into him McCain's gonna let you have it! LOL

(just step back to avoid the spittle)

21 posted on 03/04/2009 11:23:39 AM PST by jla (Sarah! sarahpac.com)
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