Posted on 03/22/2015 11:04:25 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” veteran lawmaker Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said while Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), his long time friend, is his first choice, he will support Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) if he wins the nomination for president in the 2016 election.
McCain said, “If the Republicans Party nominates him, I do. He is a valued member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He and I are friendly and I think he is a very viable candidate.”
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The FRussians do. He's practically foremost in their minds.
I have never been a believer in the plentiful (and, I think, fanciful) views sometimes expressed here about “stalking horses” who are in the race merely to keep someone else from winning. I think that most of those who advance those theories sound slightly off-kilter.
But, with regard to Lindsey Graham and the South Carolina primary, count me slightly off-kilter, too. I think that he is only in the race to keep a conservative like Cruz (or maybe even Pence, or Jindal, or Santorum, or Palin, or whomever) from winning.
Of course, that is without a suitable tinfoil hat. But I don’t think that a tinfoil hat would change my opinion.
“Et tu brute” is what Cruz will be saying....when the GOPe long knives come out...
McCain is a smarmy senile old bastard...
He’s about as trustworthy as Obama...
Hopefully he'll be retired or out of office by then.
Don’t bet on that.
Mom is 103 and going strong and he’s bulletproof in Arizona politics.
With friends like this, who needs enemas?
All the “wackobirds” must have flown north.
Sure. McCain will support Cruz right up to the moment of either his (McCain’s) re-election or Cruz’s inauguration.
I’ve given up on trying to figure out “conservative” Arizona because of RINO McCain. But here’s a question for FReepers about McCain.
If the 17th Amendment hadn’t been ratified, would AZ lawmakers support McCain as one of their federal senators?
First Hispanic President! Yeah!!
Kiss of death.
And we care what McCain thinks because...?
Yeah — instead of shaking his hand, you should do that ancient Roman grab-his-forearm thing to check for a hidden knife up the sleeve.
Kiss of death.
I'm not exactly sure why this is news.
Of course, it's always fun to take a punch at McCain, so I guess the article has some value.
Juan is running for re-election. He’s trying to see how many times he can fool the AZ voters. Might not be as easy this time.
I though Hayworth was a pretty solid challenger and McLame killed him. Is there anybody in the state that has a shot?
Obviously McLame is unbeatable if he gets the nomination.
Not at all. McCain is saying he won't bolt the party if Cruz is nominated, not that he wants Cruz to be the nominee or the president.
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