By The Daily Wire. Orrin Hatch’s office released a statement on Hatch’s comments, saying, “Senator Hatch spoke out of turn about Senator McCain’s status. He’s been pleased to hear reports that Senator McCain is in good spirits and hopes to see him back in Washington soon.”
On Monday, Utah Republican Senator Orrin Hatch revealed that Arizona Republican Senator John McCain is not expected to return to the U.S. Senate . . .
Politico reported that Hatch indicated that “he does not expect McCain, who is battling brain cancer, to return to the Senate.”
“That’s what I’ve been told,” said the 84-year-old Hatch, who is serving in his final year in the Senate before retiring. “I don’t know. I hope he does, I hope he can.” (Read more from “New Developments in John McCain’s Battle with Cancer” HERE)
Hatch Says It’s ‘Ridiculous’ for McCain to Block Trump from Funeral
By CNN. Utah GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch said Monday it is “ridiculous” that ailing Sen. John McCain, also a Republican, doesn’t want President Donald Trump to attend his funeral, as was reported over the weekend.
“I think that’s ridiculous,” Hatch told CNN when asked about McCain’s desire to keep Trump away. “He’s the President of the United States. He’s a very good man. But it’s up to John. I think John should have his wishes fulfilled with regard to who attends his funeral.”
Asked if he would encourage McCain, who has battled famously with Trump, to change his mind and ask the President to speak at his funeral, Hatch, who has been a strong supporter of Trump, said, “I would.” (Read more from “Hatch Says It’s ‘Ridiculous’ for McCain to Block Trump from Funeral” HERE)
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By The Hill. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he regrets choosing former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) to be his running mate during the 2008 presidential campaign.
The New York Times reported on Saturday that McCain, while still defending Palin’s performance, said in his upcoming book, “The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and other Appreciations,” that he wishes he had instead selected former Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) . . .
“It was sound advice that I could reason for myself,” he writes. “But my gut told me to ignore it and I wish I had.”
In a new HBO documentary, McCain goes on to say that not choosing Lieberman was “another mistake” that he made in his political career.
Lieberman told the Times that he didn’t know McCain felt that way. (Read more from “Disloyal, Openly Leftist Mccain Now Says He Regrets Picking Palin as Running Mate” HERE)
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At His Ranch, John McCain Shares Memories and Regrets with Friends
By The NY Times. Mr. McCain, 81, is still in the fight, struggling with the grim diagnosis he received last summer: He has been leading conference calls with his staff in a strained voice, grinding out three-hour physical therapy sessions and rewarding himself most days with a tall glass of Absolut Elyx on ice.
But his health has become a matter of immediate political interest. Mr. McCain’s future may determine whether Republicans retain their single-seat Senate majority: Should the senator die or resign before the end of May, there will most likely be a special election for the seat this fall. But under Arizona law, if he remains in office into June, there will probably not be an election for the seat until 2020, which Republicans would prefer given Democratic enthusiasm this year.
The matter of succession for the McCain seat — a topic of such intense discussion that Republicans officials here joke that Washington lawyers know Arizona election law better than any lawyer in the state — is officially verboten among party officials and the senator’s friends. They are determined to reward him with the same good ending that his friend Senator Edward M. Kennedy enjoyed before he succumbed to brain cancer in 2009. (Read more from “At His Ranch, John Mccain Shares Memories and Regrets with Friends” HERE)
Senator John McCain, who is suffering from a very serious form of brain cancer, says he would prefer if President Donald Trump skipped his funeral and sent Vice President Mike Pence in his stead.
Speaking to NBC News, friends of McCain confirmed that his cancer is aggressive and that he doesn’t “know how much longer I’ll be here.” He is currently in Arizona recovering from intestinal surgery. McCain and his family aren’t admitting that McCain is in the final stages of his life, but The New York Times reports that visitors to the McCain ranch are unusually effusive and helping “take care of unfinished business.”
When he does go, though, McCain doesn’t want President Donald Trump at his funeral. Instead, friends say, he’d prefer if Vice President Mike Pence represented the White House at whatever events might follow his death. (Read more from “John McCain: I Don’t Want Trump at My Funeral” HERE)
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Meghan McCain stated in an interview this week that there is still no time table for her father’s return to the U.S. Senate, but she’s hopeful it may be by this summer.
“I wish I had an exact date, but I just don’t,” Meghan told Phoenix talk radio station KTAR-FM on Tuesday. “I am very cautiously optimistic about the summer, yes.”
“As everyone knows especially with this cancer, you have to take it scan by scan but he is doing really good, much better than I think people anticipated,” she added. “He’s doing very well and I feel very lucky that he is doing so well.”
The 81-year-old Arizona Republican senator is fighting an aggressive form of brain cancer called glioblastoma, which was diagnosed last July.
KTAR reported that the original tumor was removed after it was discovered, but in November a second tumor returned in the same area.
During this time period the lawmaker also tore both of his Achilles’ tendons.
According to the Arizona Republic, McCain continues to undergo chemotherapy, radiation treatments and physical therapy as he remains living at his Sedona ranch about an hour and a half’s drive north of Phoenix.
McCain left Washington in mid-December due to the side effects of chemotherapy and has not returned since.
His return to Capitol Hill was expected some time in January, but the senator was not able to meet that goal, due to his weakened immune system.
McCain told Politico last month that “everybody is worried about him getting the flu.”
The typical survival period for those diagnosed with glioblastoma is between 12 to 15 months, though a small percentage can live up to five years or more.
McCain said her father is still mentally “100 percent there,” but physically the treatments have taken their toll.
The lawmaker has continued to issue statements through his office and remains active on Twitter.
Important action by PM @theresa_may to hold #Putin accountable for the chemical attack in Salisbury. The United States must stand with our ally & ensure Russian authorities pay a price for their outrageous crimes. https://t.co/jk4HnhQF8O
She wrote, “Contrary to popular believe @SenJohnMcCain is doing fine and has no intention of resigning!” (For more from the author of “McCain’s Daughter Updates Public on His Future After Cancer Treatments” please click HERE)
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White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said Monday that a new bipartisan immigration deal put together by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was worse than the Graham-Durbin proposal President Trump rejected weeks ago.
“I have to give it to Senator Coons and McCain, congratulations, because it takes a special kind of person to write a bill that is worse than Graham-Durbin. They did it,” Gidley said, calling the McCain proposal “incredible.”
Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Chris Coons, D-Del., put forward a bill Monday that would grant amnesty in the form of permanent legal status to so-called “dreamers,” but would not authorize spending for a border wall. The McCain-Coons plan would grant amnesty to any “dreamer” who has been in the United States since 2013, a “larger pool of undocumented immigrants than the 1.8 million Trump supports legalizing,” the Washington Post reports.
President Trump previously rejected a DACA compromise proposal by Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. that likewise did not fund a wall. The president tweeted Monday that “any deal on DACA that does not include STRONG border security and the desperately needed WALL is total waste of time.”
Any deal on DACA that does not include STRONG border security and the desperately needed WALL is a total waste of time. March 5th is rapidly approaching and the Dems seem not to care about DACA. Make a deal!
“You have to have a border wall and a security package, the president has been very clear about this. You have to end chain migration. You have to end the visa lottery. Absolutely the president wants to fix DACA, but let’s be clear, not having a border wall is the same thing as Sen. McCain going to bed at night and locking his front door but leaving all the windows open.”
“In order to protect the American people, you have to have a wall at the border,” Gidley said. “Everyone in America sees this, and for some reason these bipartisan bills keep coming forward that don’t address the problem.”
“We can’t be in the same situation five years from now that we’re in today. The president won’t let that happen.” (For more from the author of “White House Flatly Rejects Amnesty Deal Proposed by John Mccain” please click HERE)
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The founders of the controversial opposition research firm Fusion GPS admitted that they helped the researcher hired to compile the infamous, largely discredited 35-page dossier on President Donald Trump to share the document with Sen. John McCain.
The goal of providing the dossier to McCain, the Fusion GPS founders explained, was to pass the information contained in the questionable document to the U.S. intelligence community under the Obama administration.
The disclosure raises questions about whether McCain knew that the information he delivered to the intelligence community was actually an opposition document reportedly funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee . . .
Last December, it was revealed that it was McCain who notoriously passed the controversial dossier documents produced by the Washington opposition research firm Fusion GPS to then FBI Director James Comey, whose agency reportedly utilized the dossier as a basis for its probe into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Writing in a New York Times oped last Tuesday, Fusion GPS founders Glenn R. Simpson and Peter Fritch relate that they helped McCain share their anti-Trump dossier with the intelligence community via an “emissary.” (Read more from “Fusion Admits McCain Role in Anti-Trump Dossier” HERE)
U.S. Sen. John McCain has been hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center where he’s being treated for “normal side effects of his ongoing cancer therapy,” according to a statement Wednesday from his office.
McCain, who missed votes on Monday and Tuesday, will return to work in the U.S. Senate “as soon as possible,” the statement said.
His hospitalization comes amid speculation about his future, and as the House of Representatives and Senate attempt to hold final votes next week on a $1.5 trillion tax-cut bill. The GOP is trying to maintain a fragile coalition, especially in the Senate, that could give President Donald Trump his first significant legislative achievement.
It was not immediately clear how long McCain would be hospitalized.
Since his cancer diagnosis, McCain has been healthy enough to attend the wedding of his daughter, Meghan, in Cornville last month and to receive the Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia in October. (Read more from “McCain Hospitalized for Side Effects of Cancer Treatment” HERE)
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Sen. John McCain announced Thursday he will cast his vote in support of the GOP’s tax plan, a major sign of progress for GOP leaders who hope to vote on the tax overhaul by the end of the week.
The Arizona Republican said in a statement that the bill, which he believes is “far from perfect,” earned his vote because it “would enhance American competitiveness, boost the economy, and provide long overdue tax relief for middle class families.”
“This bill would directly benefit all Americans, allowing them to keep a higher percentage of what they earn,” McCain said. “According to the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation, every income bracket would see tax relief under this bill. The child tax credit would be doubled to $2,000 per child and the tax code would be substantially simplified.”
McCain also signaled his support of lowering the corporate tax rate to 20 percent, a move he believes would make the American economy more attractive for investment and help stimulate job growth.
He said he took seriously the concerns raised that the bill would increase the national deficit by $1.5 trillion over 10 years, but added it was clear to him the positives of the GOP tax overhaul override the negatives.
“This is not a perfect bill, but it is one that would deliver much-needed reform to our tax code, grow the economy, and help Americans keep more of their hard-earned money,” McCain said.
McCain also praised a “return to regular order” in the Senate.
“I am pleased that this important bill was considered through the normal legislative processes, with several hearings and a thorough mark-up in the Senate Finance Committee during which more than 350 amendments were filed and 69 received a vote,” he said.
McCain cast the decisive vote against the GOP Obamacare repeal bill over the summer in large part because he disapproved of the Republican leadership’s decision to rush the bill to the floor without going through the traditional Senate committee process.
With 52 members in the Senate, Republicans can only afford to lose two votes if they hope to pass their tax overhaul.
However, many commentators believe McCain’s support will pave the way for the bill to be passed.
Game Over. Its Done. The tax reform/reduction bill WILL pass now that Senator John McCain has publically commited to voting YES. Only questions: Do some scared Dems pile on now? Will 1 or 2 Rs vote no in bid to be on TV this weekend.
McCain voting for bill likely means Flake too will support it. Corker too. Unlikely that Daines, Johnson and Collins all will vote and sink Senate bill. Bill likely to pass Senate. Big question is if they can reach deal w/House and pass compromise through both chambers.
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin was initially opposed to the tax plan, but said Wednesday he would vote yes after the small business deduction was increased from 17.4 percent to 20 percent.
Republican Sen. Steve Daines of Montana also announced Wednesday he changed his “no” vote to a “yes” after seeing “good progress for Main Street businesses.”
[1/2] There has been some good progress for Main Street businesses in the tax cut bill. I was able to secure more than 60 billion in tax cuts for Main Street businesses. These Main Street businesses will be able to provide more jobs and higher wages in Montana and across the
GOP Sens. Bob Corker of Tennessee, Jeff Flake of Arizona and Susan Collins of Maine have yet to announce their support of the bill. (For more from the author of “John McCain Reveals If He’ll Vote for GOP Tax Bill” please click HERE)
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. . .After sinking his party’s hopes of repealing the Affordable Care Act this year with a dramatic thumbs-down, the fate of a tax overhaul may now sit in the hands of the Republican from Arizona. In recent days, Mr. McCain has been fairly tight-lipped about his views on the tax proposal speeding through the Senate, saying he sees some problems with the existing bill but is waiting for a final plan before making a decision.
Asked about what concerned him about the Senate tax bill this week, Mr. McCain replied tersely: “A lot of things.”
Even those who know Mr. McCain best are unsure how he will vote, but if history is any guide, Republicans have reason to worry.
Mr. McCain has voted against big tax cuts before, including two that passed under another Republican president: George W. Bush. In that case, he bucked the majority of his party on the grounds that the 2001 and 2003 cuts overwhelmingly benefited the rich — a widespread criticism of the current Senate legislation and the bill that has already passed the House. Mr. McCain is also a deficit hawk and could find it hard to swallow a tax cut that will add around $1.5 trillion to the federal debt over 10 years. (Read more from “Tax Vote Down to McCain” HERE)
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Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain called on Roy Moore to exit Alabama’s U.S. Senate race the very day The Washington Post published its story alleging the candidate engaged in sexual misconduct in the late 1970s.
However, McCain sang a different tune during his 2008 presidential when the senator faced his own accusations of sexual misconduct with a lobbyist 30 years his junior.
McCain was among the very first so called “establishment Republicans” to rush to judgment about the allegations against Moore, characterizing them as “disqualifying” and declaring that the candidate should “immediately step aside and allow the people of Alabama to elect a candidate they can be proud of.”
The allegations against Roy Moore are deeply disturbing and disqualifying. He should immediately step aside and allow the people of Alabama to elect a candidate they can be proud of.
Former Massachusetts governor and 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who campaigned for McCain in 2008 after losing to him in Republican primary, joined in the following day, tweeting, “innocent until proven guilty is for criminal convictions.”
Innocent until proven guilty is for criminal convictions, not elections. I believe Leigh Corfman. Her account is too serious to ignore. Moore is unfit for office and should step aside.
In February 2008, The Post and The New York Times published stories alleging McCain had had an improper relationship with lobbyist Vicki Iseman. The stories both related that the senator had developed a close relationship with the lobbyist who had business before the Commerce Committee, which he chaired.
The Times’ story also suggested his staff was concerned the relationship with Iseman had turned romantic, given the amount of time the two were spending together. The lobbyist has a strong resemblance to McCain’s wife Cindy.
Iseman was in her early 30s when the relationship began in the late 1990s, and McCain was in his early 60s. Both McCain and Iseman denied any affair.
McCain began a romantic relationship with Cindy while he was still married to his first wife Carol, according to FactCheck.org. A month after divorcing Carol, he married Cindy, when she was 25 and he was 43.
The severity of the allegations against McCain regarding Iseman were clear. He was potentially using his position in government to do favors for someone, who was at least his friend. At worst, she was his mistress and the senator was engaging in public corruption.
Clearly these allegations would be “disqualifying” not just for any seeking the highest office in the land, but for serving in the senate — if true.
The U.K. Telegraph reported at the time in a piece titled “John McCain sex claim hits US election” that “the revelations about Mr. McCain are unlikely to prevent him wrapping up his party’s nomination in the next few weeks, but could affect his standing against his Democratic opponent.”
The Iseman accusations likely hit too close to home for McCain. The senator had been listed among the “Keating Five” senators, who allegedly engaged in public corruption in support of lobbyist Charles Keating in the late 1980s.
The Times included the Keating Five connection in its story, noting the scandal nearly ended McCain’s career.
After the piece was published, McCain’s campaign team swiftly issued a statement describing the story as “gutter politics,” and clearly part of a “hit and run smear campaign.”
“Neither Senator McCain nor the campaign will dignify false rumors and gossip by responding to them. John McCain has never done favors for anyone, not lobbyists or any special interest. That’s a clear 24-year record,” a top campaign adviser added, according to The Post.
The Post and The Times’ stories seemingly added credibility to allegations of the senator’s past conduct, but even then, there were no widespread calls for him to “step aside” based on the allegations alone.
Iseman would later sue The Times for libel. The case was settled in 2009 after the presidential election, with no payment to the lobbyist, as well as the paper not retracting the story.
Moore has categorically denied the central allegation of The Post story that he engaged in inappropriate sexual touching with a minor in 1979. The candidate has described the story as a political hit piece meant to hurt his candidacy weeks before the general election.
At a campaign event on Saturday, Moore noted The Post had endorsed his opponent and published a series of attack articles against him and his wife regarding their public interest non-profit firm, The Foundation for Moral Law. “But we endured that,” he said.
“The Washington Post published yet another attack on my character and reputation in a desperate attempt to stop my political campaign for the United States Senate,” he said. “The attacks involve a minor and they are completely false.”
The former Alabama chief justice went on to note he has undergone multiple statewide elections and investigations into his background in order to serve and while serving on the bench.
AL.com reported that the candidate plans to sue The Post over the story.
In a radio interview with Sean Hannity on Friday, Moore said if a candidate were to follow the calls of McCain and others to “step aside” based on one allegation, there would be no point for anyone to seek political office. (For more from the author of “Flashback: John McCain Labeled 2008 Sexual Misconduct Accusations a ‘Smear'” please click HERE)
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