mccainHere is Mr. Maverick questioned by David Gregory on Meet the Press this a.m.:

MR. GREGORY: And, and that’s called budget reconciliation where they could pass it with a simple majority. How would you react if, indeed, that’s what will happen?

SEN. McCAIN: Throughout history, recent history anyway, the majority has always been frustrated by the 40-vote or the 60-vote threshold in the United States Senate. And when Republicans are in the majority, they’re frustrated by the Democrats and vice versa. I did object strongly when, during the Bush administration, when we couldn’t get any judges confirmed that there was the advocacy of the “nuclear option.” I objected to that because I believed, as Robert Byrd does, that, that we should not be addressing these issues through 51 votes.

MR. GREGORY: But, Senator, you have voted for bills through reconciliation nine times since 1989.

SEN. McCAIN: Yes. Yes, I have voted for them, but I objected strenuously […]

Emphasis added; video below.

A few weeks ago, McCain blustered at the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Mike Mullen,for having the temerity to tell Congress “don’t ask don’t tell” could be repealed. Four years ago, he’d said, “The day that the leadership of the military comes to me and says, ‘Senator, we ought to change the policy,’ then I think we ought to consider seriously changing it.” Details here.

McCain’s intellectual contortions are getting goofier by the week.



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