Posted on 05/16/2018 12:49:54 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
In March 2017, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) successfully delayed for 11 days Senate ratification of Montenegro's entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). America's leading advocate for NATO expansion, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) responded by accusing Paul of "achieving the objectives of Vladimir Putin...of trying to dismember this small country."
"I repeat again," McCain said then, remarkably. "The senator from Kentucky is now working for Vladimir Putin."
Perhaps even more remarkably, though not very surprisingly, McCain is unapologetic about that accusation in his valedictory new memoir, The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations. "Senator Paul didn't appreciate that, and I'll grant that it was an intemperate thing to say," McCain writes, with co-author Mark Salter. "But it wasn't incorrect. He might not have worked wittingly for Putin, but he was doing exactly what the Russian wanted done."
(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...
Wrong analogy as well. Becket had principled motives. There doesn't seem to be much else than personal spite animating McCain.
Hypocrite; Songbird has no moral standing to comment.
Self-serving John expects perfection out of others.
Words of “wisdom” from one of the prime players of the Keating Five.
“The rain in Spain...”
I agree. I suspect McCain hasn’t been aware of or said much of anything for a while.
The Songbird...is he still alive?
I respect Senator McCain for serving as a combat pilot, but Gee Whez, he, like several of esteemed buddies on the left, really ought to resign.
COULDNT care less!grammar Nazi
Sincerely,
The Punctuation Nazi
Someone posted a good story about McCain in relation to Montenegro and his relationship with Russian oligarchs. I’ll try to find it.
Here it is...from 2008:
McCains Kremlin Ties
https://www.thenation.com/article/mccains-kremlin-ties
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