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Originally Posted by dalem
I became frustrated with McCain when he wrecked the Republican Majority's authority on actually running the Senate with his Gang of Fourteen. We ended up with a complete bendover to the Dems on their unConstitutional holdup of judicial appointments.
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Another instance when McCain took the longview and took a political hit. Another reason he's the most respectable R in the running.
It was an institutional maneuver - not a partisan one. There is nothing in the Constitution that says the Senate must give an up or down vote to Presidential appointments. That's not what's
intended by 'advice and consent.' The Senate, in fact, makes its own
rules about what exactly advice and consent means.
I suspect McCain would fight just as tough for the prerogatives of the Presidency as he did for those of the Senate, if he ever switched teams.
So much heat from talk-radio. As if Republicans haven't been just as prissy when a Demned is the president and they're the minority party