Arizona Senator John McCain apparently didn't think calling Senators Rand Paul, Ted Cruz "whacko birds" was enough. Over the weekend McCain said he just doesn't "understand" why GOP Senators would filibuster any type of gun control legislation, saying the Senate should at least have debate on the issue. "I don't understand it," the Arizona Republican said on Sunday of the threat coming from Sen. Rand Paul,Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Mike Lee and nine other Republicans. "The purpose of the United States Senate is to debate and to vote and to let the people know where we stand.” "What are we afraid of? ... If this issue is as important as we all think it is, why not take ... it up and debate?" McCain said on CBS's "Face the Nation." “Everybody wants the same goal to keep the guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally disabled."
At this point, Senators Paul, Cruz, Rubio, Lee and Johnson have said they will filibuster gun control legislation brought to the floor by Majority Leader Harry Reid. Last week in an op-ed for Townhall, Rubio explained his firm stance against any new gun control…….”Current gun control proposals being discussed by Washington Democrats – by the admission of their own authors – would not have stopped the tragedies in Newtown or Aurora. The perpetrators of these actions were mentally disturbed monsters with a complete lack of interest in laws or ethics. For this reason, any effective plan to deal with future violence must focus on addressing mental illness and identifying those Americans who should be forbidden to own guns.”...To Read More.....
My Take - McCain doesn't understand! Wow....what a surprise! And so he wants to debate who? The wacko birds? Really? Let's face it folks....having once been a war hero doesn't give you a pass on the rest of life.
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