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Fellow politicians shouldn’t try to scare Sen. John McCain with personal attacks — it won’t work, he says.
In an interview released Friday with ABC News/Yahoo, the Arizona Republican said members of Congress should not call those who disagree with them “scared,” and that it’s been a long time since he’s been scared.
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McCain warned that the fresh faces in Congress like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) who are threatening to shut down the government over Obamacare might need some “corporate memory.”
“The people who are pushing this Obamacare vs. government shutdown, none of them that I know were here the last time we saw that movie,” he said.
No matter who the next Republican presidential nominee is, they won’t win if Congress fails to pass immigration reform, McCain said.
“If we fail on immigration reform, it won’t matter who our nominee is because of the polarization of the Hispanic vote,” McCain said. “Now that’s not why I’m for immigration reform, but it certainly is one of the consequences of a failure.
McCain’s “crystal ball” on immigration is “a little cloudy” he said, because the August recess will be “a very seminal month.”
“Members are back interacting with their constituents and we see a coalition of Evangelicals, of the Catholic Church, of business, of labor, of small business, high tech, across the board, support the likes of which we, I’ve never seen, for one specific part of legislation. So I hope that sends my colleagues on the House side back with at least a willingness to move forward with some legislation, so we can go to conference,” McCain said.
In an interview released Friday with ABC News/Yahoo, the Arizona Republican said members of Congress should not call those who disagree with them “scared,” and that it’s been a long time since he’s been scared.
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“We need to be careful in the way we treat each other,” McCain said. “I have been as ferocious a fighter and I think as partisan as strong as anybody but, I really try hard not to get personal. Debate on the issue as hard as you can, but don’t say that your opponents, people who disagree with you, are scared. It’s been a long time since I’ve been scared.”
(PHOTOS: John McCain’s life and career)McCain warned that the fresh faces in Congress like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) who are threatening to shut down the government over Obamacare might need some “corporate memory.”
“The people who are pushing this Obamacare vs. government shutdown, none of them that I know were here the last time we saw that movie,” he said.
No matter who the next Republican presidential nominee is, they won’t win if Congress fails to pass immigration reform, McCain said.
“If we fail on immigration reform, it won’t matter who our nominee is because of the polarization of the Hispanic vote,” McCain said. “Now that’s not why I’m for immigration reform, but it certainly is one of the consequences of a failure.
McCain’s “crystal ball” on immigration is “a little cloudy” he said, because the August recess will be “a very seminal month.”
“Members are back interacting with their constituents and we see a coalition of Evangelicals, of the Catholic Church, of business, of labor, of small business, high tech, across the board, support the likes of which we, I’ve never seen, for one specific part of legislation. So I hope that sends my colleagues on the House side back with at least a willingness to move forward with some legislation, so we can go to conference,” McCain said.
