McCain aid: The security of the US might now depend on electing a Democratic Congress in 2018.

[MelissaB]

Words I thought I'd never say: the security of the United States might now depend on electing a Democratic Congress in 2018.

Link to tweet

[NCTraveler]

1. He was a Clinton supporter. nt.

[aquamarina]

2. Shocking.

This entire thing is horrifying.

[skylucy]

3. WOW. That is a an astounding statement coming from a Republican.

I'm glad he said it. Any other patriots out there?

[Feathery Scout]

4. Someone Putting Country First

I'm just so happy to see there are people out there. I'm on the verge of giving up hope.

[Kber]

5. Um wow

Wonder if this new found religion influenced his vote on the apparently unrelated issue of methane gas regulation.

If he'd decided to be the fly in the GOP ointment, might as well go all in.

[LisaM]

6. The security of the US could be assured if McCain and one or two others put an (I) after their name.

I don't think McCain's constituents would mind if he declared himself an Independent, and I don't think Susan Collins or Lisa Murkowski's voters would, either.

They don't have the guts, IMO. Jim Jeffords did.

[wryter2000]

11. Lisa Murkowski is an independent

She just needs to start acting like one.

[LisaM]

17. Is she a declared Independent?

Her biggest problem is that she's in the pocket of the NRA and the energy companies.

[wryter2000]

21. She was primaried by a teabagger

And lost the nomination. So she ran and won as an independent.

[LisaM]

23. Okay, interesting.

I feel that I see her listed as a Republican, though I know she's broken a couple of times.

[vlyons]

7. Ya think?

We're already on it!

[Bucky]

8. Gonna be a few awkward cocktail parties in DC

I wonder how long it'll take McCain to flip flop on this.

[wryter2000]

9. Get your boss to do his freaking job!

Just a few R Senators to do the right thing, and the horror ends. I am so effing sick of his words and no action.

[wildeyed]

13. McCain talks the big maverick talk, but when it comes to doing, he follows McConnell's orders.

McConnell is the real leader of the GOP. McCain just likes to talk.

[LisaM]

18. Exactly. McCain never backs up his talk with action.

Also, don't forget, he sicced Sarah Palin on an unsuspecting public.

[wildeyed]

19. I liked him way back in the day, pre-1999.

He was big into campaign finance reform and ran a strong insurgent campaign against GWB until they pulled some really dirty tricks in the SC primary.... But since then, he lost himself. Ambition got the best of him, I guess.

Oh well. I hope he proves me wrong. He will not run again. Not like he has anything to lose at this point. But for now, he seems to be Mitch McConnell's bitch.

[LisaM]

20. He's always been erratic.

If he really cared about getting money out of politics, he wouldn't have rubber stamped Bush's (and now Trump's) Supreme Court picks.

[herding cats]

14. He's actually a former aide to McCain.

If I recall correctly they parted ways after the 2008 presidential election loss.

[wryter2000]

15. Thanks

Got carried away. It's so frustrating that some of them sound reasonable and do nothing.

[wildeyed]

10. If a few Republicans who are not planning to run again caucus with Dems,

that would solve the problem now. 2018 could very well be too late.

[Tatiana]

12. Sounds like a great national campaign strategy to me.

The few Republican defenders of Trump I've heard on the news have pretty weak defenses. They will bail on him.

If Democrats project an image of party unity and strength (which they are currently doing), we will win the midterms.

[Jarqui]

16. But when you look at what happened to some voting machines in 2016,

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029041012
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029037495

voters rights, etc,
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029035234
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10697240

one can get just as worried about the 2018 election as the one that was just stolen in 2016 particularly when the GOP controls all three branches of government.

[Wednesdays]

22. McCain: the first they'll toss under the bus

I called it first.