and he s already painting a rather grim picture of the road ahead in a fiery op-ed in the washington post. senator mccain slams the gridlock, partisan divide and president trump. he writes congress must govern with the president who has no experience in public office, is often poorly informed and can be impulsive in his speech and conduct. we must respect his authority and constitutional responsibilities we must where we can cooperate with him, but we are not his sub or nats. we must be diligent to serve as a check on his pour and should value our identity as members of congress more than partisan affiliation. with us to discuss those heated words, cnn political commentator and assistant editor for the washington post, david swerdlick. and here in new york, cnn political analyst, new york times editor patrick heely. president trump and senator mccain haven t exactly been buddies, to say the least, but still they re members of the same party, and those sound like fighting words, n
who they are. two things. not only two sides to the conflict. there is a third side. the rebels haven t been forthright enough in saying not only are we anti-assad. we are anti-isis and al qaeda. yes. people like senator mccain haven t been clear enough saying we have to be anti-brotherhood. it s not that hard on the ground to say we can fight islamism and pick out those for a jihad versus the ones who are not. aleppo in the north is more islamists. aren t they mercenaries? isis claims to have $2 billion. that means they will pay an army who may have been against them before. they might get a lot of people taking the military uniforms off over here and putting on an isis uniform. i think it may be too late in syria to be picking sides. one of the things i want to be really clear is that we have a humanitarian response. through the u.n. we can have are a good humanitarian response. however, we have to stay focused
who they are. two things. not only two sides to the conflict. there is a third side. the rebels haven t been forthright enough in saying not only are we anti-assad. we are anti-isis and al qaeda. yes. people like senator mccain haven t been clear enough saying we have to be anti-brotherhood. it s not that hard on the ground to say we can fight islamism and pick out those for a jihad versus the ones who are not. aleppo in the north is more islamists. aren t they mercenaries? isis claims to have $2 billion. that means they will pay an army who may have been against them before. they might get a lot of people taking the military uniforms off over here and putting on an isis uniform. i think it may be too late in syria to be picking sides. one of the things i want to be really clear is that we have a humanitarian response. through the u.n. we can have are a good humanitarian response. however, we have to stay focused