Testy McCain: "May I remind you that the Democrats are in the majority in both houses?"

John McCain's town meeting at the Gilford fire station this morning offered more proof, if any is needed, that the onetime maverick is now suffering the fate of other senators who've run for president. The lion's share of his remarks were devoted to explaining intricate details of the immigration bill and the Iraq troop surge, punctuated by several testy defenses of the legislative process.

"Do I think it's perfect? No," McCain said of the immigration bill, the air whistling through his clenched teeth. "May I remind you that the Democrats are in the majority in both houses and so we have to work with them?"

But during the question-and-answer period, some of the old spontaneous McCain re-emerged. The biggest surprise was a suddenly passionate denunciation of the practice of presidents filling their cabinets with members of their own party.

"In my opinion, the last president of the United States who went out and got the best and brightest was John F. Kennedy," McCain thundered, seemingly unaware that author David Halberstam had used the term "best and brightest" to ridicule the Kennedy team. "I will go out and get the best people regardless of party affiliation."

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2007/06/mccain_reaches.html

Why can't he just admit "Look i'm just doing the bidding of my corporate masters."

Bryant
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It's just that The Will Of The People is something that they really do not seem to care about.

On either side of the aisle.

I can see him losing his temper in a debate with the Dem nominee.

Bake

on not only derailing his candidacy, but on ending his political career. There's been a lot of stupid statements, and flashes of temper.

I wonder if he'll be the media darling this time, like in 2000. Oh, wait...that would be Rudy, or Fred Thompson. Unless McCain serves the right hors d'oeurves on the bus again.

put a Republican in the secretary of defense post. Of course that was the last good President. Guess they don't want to give credit were credit is due to non-partisanship.

time John McLoonyToons uses the phrase 'my friends'.
You'll be passed out in no time; thus mercifully avoiding any more of his repetitive bullshit and that of his colleagues.
Fun for parties!

Typical that McCain has "forgotten" this point. :eyes: