"There is no way in hell am I resigning. The plan is for me to fly into Washington one last time and they will wheel me in on a gurney so I can vote against Trump's nominee."
And the governor is currently in a primary fight with Ken Bennett, who has made McCain's successor a campaign issue. So if McCain resigns and Ducey appoints another McCain, he's toast in the August primary, and he's not doing too well anyway (see below link).
So look for McConnell pressuring McCain to come up with some other acceptable appointment other than his wife or daughter, so he can resign and McConnell will have another vote in the senate.
Stubborn, selfish oligarch McCain!
For McSwamp to have this much antipathy for the President and this country - even while on his death bed - tells me the devil has him firmly under lock and key.
John, you fool.
If McCain is permanently incapacitated and unable to perform his duties, McConnell, et al, should urge him to retire and or gently and lovingly expel him (for his own good). But I’m guessing no democrat would vote to expel anyone so dedicated to their cause.
let his plug be pulled
Mr. Keating Five? The d-bag who threw Gov. Palin under the bus? The @sshat who sic’d the IRS on the Tea Party? The knothead who torpedoed the Obamacare repeal?
Surely, you jest...and I will keep calling you Shirley.
Is this traitor, POS, still alive? Prove it. No one has seen him in months.
signed, A Vietnam Veteran 1968-69.
The evil within him runs about as deep and dark as it gets.
If resigning would help Trump, he’ll not budge.
The only thing that will get him to move is the Hand of God.
The thing he needs to worry about, though, is the Hand smacking him down the tunnel to hell, where he currently belongs.
Satan awaits you, McTraitor. Repent while you still can.
If they can't even toe the party line for a Supreme Court nomination, then the party shouldn't even exist ... and they will probably alienate every voter and donor of theirs.
Mccain will not resign until he takes his dirt nap. Why allow your constituents to have a vote when it’s all about yourself?
Trump has already made a deal with 3 Dem senators in Red States. It sounds like he may be more willing to work with the 3 Dems rather than work with the 3 RINOS.
Only in Washington do supposedly responsible people hang on the every word of a man with a brain tumor.
Simple answer the question is No. The premise of the question as to cause and effect for McCain’s decision is absurd.
The only way that the nominee will go down is if there is some real (or widely believed) dirt that is uncovered. Otherwise, political necessity will require some Dems to vote for the nominee.
Ducey better follow through with a solid pick and reliable vote SCOTUS vote........
With a Glioma his brain capacity must be going fast. He needs to be told he is stepping down.
Of course, the bastard could just do the world a favor and drop dead.
This man is full of hate. Very doubtful he would resign.
No. Next question.
They say he’s waiting for the AZ Governor primary so that the Guv can pull the switch. No idea why. It is obvious the fix is in. But no one knows what Cindy would do.
Primary is August 28th
My gut tells me he WILL resign within the week to give the extra vote.