forty_three
Stance: Goofy
On the one hand, I'm glad I don't have to do the calling my representatives thing thanks to McCain's conscience.
On the other hand, I'm not sure how I feel about McCain, and he keeps going back and forth between making me like him and making me wish he'd retire.
I don't have to do the calling my (one) senator thing, because it doesn't fucking matter. He is voting for it and is a total whore about it. And he won't interact with constituents in any way since this started.
He started noise saying that he wouldn't vote for round one because it didn't do enough to curb opiate overdoses (A major problem in NE Ohio). Once it became clear it wasn't going to go, he went ahead and voted yes. And then said the next bill had to address Opiates. It did, so he voted for it. Without reading it. the provision was put in pretty much specifically because he wanted it.
Now this new one took the Opiate thing out again. And he is taking a stand by saying yes he will vote for it no matter what. Fuckface.
As for McCain, I will definitely like him more when he is retired. And I have been conflicted myself the same way. But eventually I came around to that old Chris Rock routine where is talking about people bragging about taking care of their kids. "What do you want, a COOKIE? THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO!"
McCain is supposed to stand up for things his constituents hate, not blindly follow the party.
So, in summary, fuck John McCain.