McCain letter to Obama

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<p>Remind me to never cross Sen. McCain…what a broadside.</p>

<p><a href=“http://mccain.senate.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsCenter.ViewPressRelease&Content_id=1654[/url]”>http://mccain.senate.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsCenter.ViewPressRelease&Content_id=1654&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>wow, I had heard he could be mean, but that professional sarcasm, for lack of a better term, is pretty scarey. he may be right, but starting to sound like my 14 yr old daughter.</p>

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<p>I am not exactly a McCain supporter, but his position is correct – if it isn’t bipartisan, it won’t work. If Obama said one thing and did another, McCain ought to point that out.</p>

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<p>McCain plays the “bi-partisan” card when it suits his purposes, hides it when it doesn’t. Pardon my cynicism, but everything McCain (and a number of others, Dem and Rep) do right now I first pass through the filter: is this an appeal to nuture their 2008 aspirations? I expect McCain to make a number of moves to appeal to and mollify the wingnut branch of the Republican base in the next two years.</p>

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<p>Bipartisin, with this Congress, hahahahahaha</p>

<p>Obama saw the writing on the wall</p>

<p>And McCain was being snippy on being shown that Republicans have no interest in bipartisinship</p>

<p>Truth hurts and when shown the truth, instead of acknowledging it, the person showing the truth is attacked</p>

<p>gee thats a new tactic</p>

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<p>Losing Obama’s support must have doomed McCain’s bill. If McCain had the momentum in his favor he never would have issued that letter.</p>

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<p>It seems that Obama, promised/gave his word/shook hands with McCain, and then reneged (euphemism for “lied”). I don’t view McCain’s letter as inoffensive or partisan, …</p>

<p>(just one idiot to a bigger idiot).</p>

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<p>ITM, perhaps not even that.</p>

<p>Obama’s preceding that triggered McCain’s letter:

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<p>and then Obama’s response:

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February 6, 2006</p>

<p>The Honorable John McCain
United States Senate
241 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510</p>

<p>Dear John:</p>

<pre><code>During my short time in the U.S. Senate, one of the aspects about this institution that I have come to value most is the collegiality and the willingness to put aside partisan differences to work on issues that help the American people. It was in this spirit that I approached you to work on ethics reform, and it was in this spirit that I agreed to attend your bipartisan meeting last week. I appreciated then - and still do appreciate - your willingness to reach out to me and several other Democrats.

For this reason, I am puzzled by your response to my recent letter. Last Wednesday morning, you called to invite me to your meeting that afternoon. I changed my schedule so I could attend the meeting. Afterwards, you thanked me several times for attending the meeting, and we left pledging to work together.

As you will recall, I told everyone present at the meeting that my caucus insisted that the consideration of any ethics reform proposal go through the regular committee process. You didn’t indicate any opposition to this position at the time, and I wrote the letter to reiterate this point, as well as the fact that I thought S. 2180 should be the basis for a bipartisan solution.

I confess that I have no idea what has prompted your response. But let me assure you that I am not interested in typical partisan rhetoric or posturing. The fact that you have now questioned my sincerity and my desire to put aside politics for the public interest is regrettable but does not in any way diminish my deep respect for you nor my willingness to find a bipartisan solution to this problem.
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<p>Sincerely,</p>

<p>Barack Obama
United States Senator<a href=“from%20Obama’s%20website”>/quote</a></p>

<p>A less than charitable observer has suggested that McCain is merely ****ed that Obama has stripped away cover for a Republican whitewash. Certainly, many (most?) Democrats no longer regard Joe Lieberman as much more than a DINO.</p>