"A broken clock is right twice a day."

And pretending otherwise just gets them two seat at the table while the dems get one.

McCain Blames His Own Party For Shutdown

Everybody feels sorry for selling their soul when the Devil is ready to claim his due. You have had plenty of chances to repent.

In the end, he always caves to the assholes.

Remember how he reacted to guy whose operatives went to work in the 2000 S.C primary to smear his adopted daughter as his secret black love child?





or how his 2000 stand that Jerry Falwell was an 'agent of intolerance" eventually played out, once 2004 rolled around?:




His supposed Maverickness never delivers.

for him?

I'll still take it! Thanks Tom

There are democracies that function far better than ours with 3 or more parties. They form coalitions and things actually move along.

McCain, like all the Senate Republicans, sided with the house: http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/27/20720258-senate-votes-to-send-government-funding-bill-back-to-house?lite

So if it's a fool's errand, then McCain is the fool.

as they can be used in the next election cycle to remind American's of all they have done to unstablize our economy.

You gave them credibility when you named the queen bagger as your running mate.

Best answer.

He would have been more respected if he had been a consistent moderate, or quasi-moderate.
As it is, he comes off as some sort of bitter pathological contrarian.

What a surreal presidency it would have been if McCain had won in '08! The military would be sent to invade a different country each week for ever-more incomprehensible geopolitical reasons, fresh bursts of Sarah Palin's inane gibberish would lead the news each night, and every now and then the White House would out-of-the-blue adopt some random liberal posture like medical marijuana.

I thought John was against this because he could count votes. Now he's owning it?

he is not aware of the invention of video tape.

If McCain could get away with it, I think that he would knock the smirk off Rafael's face.

We may not like these folks, but they are mainstream Republicans and they are used to working with Democrats to get things done.

On the other hand, the Tea Party bunch is akin to religious fanatics. They see working with the opposition and compromising as a betrayal of their beliefs. Boehner can't control them and the other Republicans can't make headway with them either. They are also afraid to be primaried by these zealots (see McConnell).

No one will be able to govern effectively while the T.P. bunch is in Congress.