How will law & order McCain vote on FISA bill?

[ColbertWatcher]

He's a Senator. He's a patriotic American (isn't he?)

What is at question with this FISA bill is not fear, but a fundamental right enumerated and protected by law.

Will he politicize this Constitutional issue to benefit himself and his party?

Does it matter?

[smoogatz]

1. "Absent."

Dollars to doughnuts, he'll duck the whole thing.

[ColbertWatcher]

2. That's not leadership; that's cowardice.

I think I kinda like that this went to the Senate.

All we need is one person to stop it.

But, it's nice to see how Admiral McCombover will be influenced by his lobbyist/advisers.

[smoogatz]

4. Well, yeah.

Of course. I could be wrong—he might just vote for it, figuring that 98% of Americans don't give a damn. And he'd be right about that, pretty much.

[ColbertWatcher]

6. BUt, it can be used against him because of all the ties to lobbyists. n/t

[hopewell1985]

3. mccain

is a traitor

[ColbertWatcher]

5. Be careful, you might piss him off!

Oh, and welcome to DU!

[Hydra]

7. McCain will vote for it

Bush told him to, after all.

He'll have some excuse about how they are "protecting us" by raping us to boot...and far too many people wills see the logic of that.

[ColbertWatcher]

8. That's what I'm thinking, but...

...will he be able to weasel out of the criticisms that he is doing it to appease his lobbyist advisors or that he is doing Bush's bidding?

Without more fear of another terrorist attack under a GOP administration, how will the GOP-controlled media be able to apologize their way out of this failure of leadership?

If McCain were my son, I'd be ashamed.

[Hydra]

11. The GOP's line is that this is not a constitutional issue

So the weaseling will be easy with such a weak media.

He'll vote for it to protect us from terrorist rag heads. So he'll say.

[ColbertWatcher]

12. Not Constitutional!?

Well that explains why the GOP are so often wrong about everything.

[iris5426]

15. If McCain were your son you'd be around a hundred...

Sorry, wrong I know but it just popped in my head :evilgrin:

Late 80's at a minimum anyways if you had him real young...

[ColbertWatcher]

16. Get off my lawn...

[tekisui]

9. He won't. He can't be bothered with voting and taking stands.

He is grubbing for money for a losing campaign. Most absent Senator this year.

[ColbertWatcher]

10. Good.

If he misses this vote, it's just more proof he is weak when it comes to National Security.

And by security, I mean the security of the Constitution.

[wiggs]

13. He would be much better off politically voting against it. He needs some

headlines, some respect, some independence.

[ColbertWatcher]

14. There will probably be enough votes for him to get away with a no vote...

...since Lieberman will vote for it.

I would like to hear what arguments he will use against his fellow authoritarians.