Re John McCain:
With John McCain, the definition of a statesman as a politician who needs never face another election (he is obviously approaching death, and we know it) fits well. Because an appointed Republican would be up for re-election in a state that has become a legitimate swing state, I can now imagine the Republicans losing two Senate seats in Arizona. Appointed Senators must be re-elected in the next midterm.
Hoping the best for him is now more theological than anything else now.
With John McCain, the definition of a statesman as a politician who needs never face another election (he is obviously approaching death, and we know it) fits well. Because an appointed Republican would be up for re-election in a state that has become a legitimate swing state, I can now imagine the Republicans losing two Senate seats in Arizona. Appointed Senators must be re-elected in the next midterm.
Hoping the best for him is now more theological than anything else now.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.