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McCain gets fed up with fellow Republican, says ‘lends some credence’ to idea of filibuster reform
The Daily Caller ^ | 12/3/2012 | Alexis Levinson

Posted on 12/03/2012 7:21:51 PM PST by mak5

Republican Sen. John McCain became so fed up with a Republican colleague’s efforts to block the National Defense Authorization Act on Monday that he suggested in a floor speech that perhaps Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid’s push to change the rules of the filibuster was not a bad idea.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: filibuster; gopcivilwar; mcain; mclame; paul
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To: MestaMachine
I wouldn’t trust john mccain to hold my wallet if it was empty.

Good thinking! He'd probably use your ID to register to vote, and then vote for Obama!

21 posted on 12/03/2012 7:37:51 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Viennacon

I am so freaking tired of lookng at mccain and graham you have no idea.


22 posted on 12/03/2012 7:38:57 PM PST by MestaMachine (It's the !!!!TREASON!!!!, stupid!)
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To: mak5

Ah, welcome back, Johnny! We knew the real you would come out sooner or later!


23 posted on 12/03/2012 7:39:37 PM PST by DemforBush (100% Ex-Democrat.)
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To: mak5

I am so sick of this lunatic McCain.
Why wont he just shut up?


24 posted on 12/03/2012 7:40:12 PM PST by svcw (Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
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To: Viennacon

Last Primary, 2010, he spent millions of leftover 2008 campaign cash to wipe out a good conservative challenger. McCain will die in that seat, nobody can challenge the “war hero” in AZ.


25 posted on 12/03/2012 7:40:45 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
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To: Still Thinking

OK. If the house or senate capitulates a damn thing right now they can find me on John Galt Way. I am working towards it now.


26 posted on 12/03/2012 7:41:10 PM PST by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
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To: mak5

I hate Arizona Republicans. McCain is worthless, but those idiots kept supporting him. He was worthless in 2004 and 2010, but they still supported him.


27 posted on 12/03/2012 7:41:38 PM PST by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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To: mak5

Once again, McAmnesty decided which like minded group he’ll support.

Term limits anyone?


28 posted on 12/03/2012 7:45:19 PM PST by RetAF_fedUP (No moral value held dear by the American people obliges public servants ever to sacrifice innocents)
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To: eyedigress

“Then lets embrace it when WE HAVE THE SENATE.”

You’re DREAMING. We’re not capable of that, and McCain would NEVER permit, just like he sabotoged it in 2003 or so (gang of 14).

McCain will ONLY support the reform when the Democrats run the ship...and his lackeys are enough to prevent ANY reform when Republicans are in charge.

As it is, let Reid take the hit, then we simply continue HIS rules when we take charge...assuming, of course, we’re even capable of that.


29 posted on 12/03/2012 7:45:29 PM PST by BobL (You can live each day only once. You can waste a few, but don't waste too many.)
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To: cripplecreek

Something must have happened to him in the “Hilton”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm-IkMW-lDg


30 posted on 12/03/2012 7:54:27 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Great vid by ShorelineMike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOZjJk6nbD4&feature=plcp)
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To: eyedigress

I’ve been here on Galt Way a while and life is good. Catfish are jumpin’ the livin’ is easy, my GOOD bag is packed and ready to go ...
When hard work and veracity are penalized, and sloth and lies are rewarded, as they are now in this country: ‘Bene qui latuit, bene visit’.


31 posted on 12/03/2012 7:54:32 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: mak5
McCain was part of the original "Gang of 14" that stopped us from using "The Nuclear Option" when we had control of the Senate in 2005 when Dems were blocking W's judicial nominees. The moderates like McCain warned at the time that we can't end the filibuster because then we'd have to worry when Dems took back the Senate.

And now he's ready to back their efforts to end it while the we are in the minority..... how did he ever get the nomination?

32 posted on 12/03/2012 7:55:15 PM PST by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: Cyber Liberty

He used money EFFING CONSERVATIVES gave him to fend off Obama, then he virtually endorses The Won, runs a lackadaisical campaign, and THEN uses CONSERVATIVE money against a CONSERVATIVE in a race he ran like he really wanted to win. If there were any justice, he’d be on a pole in front of the FEC watching dogs eat his entrails. He only runs like he cares about the outcome when the opponent is a conservative. He spent something like $20 a vote to defeat Hayworth.


33 posted on 12/03/2012 8:01:20 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: mak5

Democrat Senator McCain was one of the a-holes responsible that prevented the Bush tax cuts from being permanent. If I remember DeWine was the other one. Thanks a lot < sarc >

And add, DeWine wanted to keep the federal speed limits too.


34 posted on 12/03/2012 8:01:41 PM PST by CORedneck
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To: BobL
As it is, let Reid take the hit, then we simply continue HIS rules when we take charge...assuming, of course, we’re even capable of that.

Nah, then the "voice of the minority" will somehow be important again, so important they should be able to veto what the majority's trying to do, like it was the last time the (R)'s had the majority.

35 posted on 12/03/2012 8:03:43 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: mak5

A man without honor and loyalty is worthless. McCain is less than worthless, he goes beyond lacking those qualities. He is a back stabbing scum.


36 posted on 12/03/2012 8:07:58 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: Still Thinking

You....are 100% correct. He used the money given to him to fight Obama to take down a conservative Primary opponent. I saw that coming before he endorsed Obama.


37 posted on 12/03/2012 8:10:36 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
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To: ReformationFan

Do they let Dems vote in the Pubbie primary in McQueeg land?


38 posted on 12/03/2012 8:17:24 PM PST by LachlanMinnesota
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To: Cyber Liberty

I don’t see how anyone can ever forgive (or forget) such treachery. Not that anyone I know would have pissed on him if he was on fire to begin with.


39 posted on 12/03/2012 8:18:38 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: mak5
"Gang of Fourteen" anyone?
40 posted on 12/03/2012 8:21:10 PM PST by mlstier ("The Right to Privacy does not trump the Right to Life" -- Bill O'Reilly)
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