US Senator John McCain is a national treasure and a national hero. No one can say otherwise no matter how they try. His sacrifices in his service to the United States are legendary. There are Americans alive today that owe their safe return home to him.
Well, Senator McCain, our favorite Maverick, you are called again sir to protect the country and assert the special place the USA legislature has in history. Once again hero comes to mind.
I don't deny the political differences and the void I find myself from time to time for some of your views, but, I have to trust you at a very difficult time in this country. Don't forget me, Senator McCain. Don't forget the country's great natural resources and the ungodly storm we have all faced in disbelief and with bravery Americans can find deep in their hearts full of compassion for each other.
I trust you, sir. I trust you to lead the USA in unsteady waters and apologize this has fallen on a hero's shoulders at a difficult time for him as well. Who would have guessed this would be your responsibility?
I trust you, Senator McCain. I believe in you. Take care of us, sir. I am sincerely worried about this country. I trust you when I can't seem to trust others.
September 1, 2017
By Amber Phillips
"We must respect his authority (click here) and constitutional responsibilities. We must, where we can, cooperate with him. But we are not his subordinates. We don't answer to him. We answer to the American people."
And with that, mark Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., down as the second Republican senator to call on his colleagues to be a bulwark against President Donald Trump. (The second being his Arizona colleague Sen. Jeff Flake.)
On Friday, McCain published an op-ed in The Washington Post (click here) contrasting Trump's tepid response to white supremacists in Charlottesville with his own ("There is nothing in their hate-driven racism that can match the strength of a nation conceived in liberty"), justifying his surprise "no" vote on Republicans' attempt to repeal Obamacare, calling on congressional leaders to compromise with Democrats and vice-versa, and basically advising all of Congress to prioritize its own relationships over its standing with Trump:
"[W]e have to respect each other or at least respect the fact that we need each other. That has never been truer than today, when Congress must govern with a president who has no experience of public office, is poorly informed and can be impulsive in his speech and conduct."...
