manchin could be elected in west virginia. do you think there is a similar dynamic for sinema in arizona? well, arizona and west virginia are very different states. it s important to note that senator manchin is the only federally-elected democrat at the moment in west virginia, which is a state that s really shifted red, whereas we re kind of seeing the opposite trend in arizona. we have mark kelly in the senate who is a democrat and who almost who pretty much always votes with the democratic party on their party agenda and has taken a very different position than senator sinema on the filibuster, for example, but it s important to note that senator sinema has also long noted that she has wanted to emulate the late senator onmccain who was known in the senate for compromise. she has described mccain as one of her heroes. so she s always taken a centrist position and as daniella pointed out her position on the
in arizona about a bigger picture. and i hope that what he stood for will maybe get renewed look in our country. that s what he would want. he would want us to, okay, we recognize him now, but now let s get to work. and i m sure the vice president will talk about john and bipartisanship. but he believes so much that this in the end, when it s all said and done this republican/democrat thing is not that important, is it? we re all americans. we got to get to the point where we can work together as americans. his support of a military. i hope you members of congress will keep that strong. it was so important that he had their backs. and one other thing. onmccain believed in our constitution. john mccain believed in our constitution. and he stood up for it every step of the way. he would not stand by as people
to one side. it s moved to the right but it s also had a tremendous growth in its hispanic population, in many ways it s now a purple state, headed that way, certainly. and don t forget the mccain had for the native americans throughout the united states, but particularly in arizona. he was very close to the leadership and spent quite a bit of time to he be help native americans integrate properly into our society and to help them and he was beloved by them. michael steele, the other day, we were talking to bill cohen, who s at the service today. the former defense secretary, former house member, former senator, and someone of a little airy mind, who shared so much intellectually with onmccain and
tribute to him. it seems mccain is proving one of the major concerns about before he died, about how divided we have come. you can t even when someone who is a war hero passes away keep yourself away from saying something nasty on twitter and, again, to the point, he wasn t perfect, but really? no one is. it s amazing we as we should, hold our elected officials to a higher standard but perfection is not one that can be obtained by anybody. there may have been some people in history who tried to contain it. onmccain who was vocal in saying he was not perfect. it is disappointing. it s disillusioning that from the white house on down, people cannot find the grace to just offer a kind word to someone who has passed who fought not only this difficult battle but an extraordinary battle earlier in his life when he was in the hanoi hilton in vietnam. and had a chance to be released
well, craig, i think there s tremendous pressure being applied by the president, by the republican leadership, because they recognize the political necessity of getting this done. onmccain is one. john mccain is one of the feud senators who have the political juice to stand unand say i m not going to vote for a piece of legislation. the fact he s coming on board is a promising signal for republicans and indeed indicates how compelling the growth argument that john made, that he indicated republicans were very much amenable to, but also the political argument that this has to get done. jake sherman, a series of bad headlines of late for this bill. i m just going to share a few. aarp says millions of seniors could face a tax hike. cbo says the bill hurts the poor more than originally thought. it also says the plan to make up for repealing the obamacare mandate won t work. why is it then that republicans think this is this bill is to 18 gold? they haven t done anything of substanc