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By CATHERINE THOMPSON Published SEPTEMBER 29, 2014, 7:49 AM EDT
There's no love lost between Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Rand Paul (R-KY).
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Ive seen him grow and Ive seen him mature and Ive seen him become more centrist," he told the New Yorker's Ryan Lizza in August. "I know that if he were President or a nominee I could influence him, particularly some of his views and positions on national security. He trusts me particularly on the military side of things, so I could easily work with him. It wouldnt be a problem.
Yet when Lizza caught up with McCain again last week, the Arizona Republican didn't sound like he was buying Paul's support for military action against the Islamic State.
He said we have to destroy ISIS, and yet he has not described a strategy in order to achieve that goal," he said.
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/john-mccain-backs-potential-rand-paul-presidency
shraby
(21,946 posts)about anything.
demigoddess
(6,641 posts)his ambition has rendered him insane to the nth degree.
Initech
(100,081 posts)You want to see labor rights rolled back to the stone ages? You want corporations and fetuses to have even more rights than people? You want to see the last two decades of progress made for LGBT rights completely reversed? You want to see the Koch Brothers declare themselves supreme overlords? Vote Rand.