Arizona: John Mccain

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

The Rachel Maddow Show reported Wednesday evening that the Republicans who voted against the Al Franken Amendment to the defense appropriations bill are taking heated criticism from the editors of their Red State newspapers back home. 'The Rachel Maddow Show' for Wednesday, October 21:

MADDOW: Thirty Republican senators - 30 of the 40 total Republican senators we have now cast a vote recently that has even the conservative op-ed pages of the senator's local hometown papers burning bright with outrage.

It may be the sleeper political issue of the year, the vote that will launch 1,000 campaign ads, if nothing else.

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Arizona may be the only state in the nation where mothers can no longer tell their children that some day they can grow up and be President of the United States.

 — John McCain paraphrasing a joke by Morris K. Udall in May 2003

What is Paul Beddard, the Washington Whispers blogger at the conservative U.S. News & World Report smoking? 5 Conservatives to Watch for 2012 Presidential Race:

Key conservatives tell Whispers that there are five lawmakers poised to lead the conservative populists, perhaps all the way to the 2012 or 2016 presidential campaigns. One is in the Senate: Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, the GOP whip.

by David Safier

More than 40 doctors signed an ad that appeared in this morning's Star supporting health care reform. Here is a copy of the complete ad.

This is how it begins:

One in 5 Tucsonans and one in 4 Phoenicians have no healthcare insurance. That is 108,000 and 381,000 people left vulnerable to catastrophe, in just our two largest cities. Our country spends twice as much as other nations that cover all their citizens and yet we leave millions without coverage.

Those with private healthcare insurance find that when a serious health event occurs, coverage is far from complete. The leading cause of bankruptcy is due to medical expenses, and 3/4 of these bankruptcies occurred with citizens who had insurance.

by David Safier
How typically conservative is this?

Cindy McCain, wife of U.S. Senator John McCain, today announced she would work to raise awareness of migraine among the public and health professionals and pledged to take her message to leaders in Washington to increase funding for research into migraines, a condition that affects some 36 million Americans.

How is that typically conservative, you might ask? Here's the answer.

Mrs. McCain recently revealed publicly that she has suffered severe migraine attacks for the last 15 years.

Bill Clinton famously said, "I feel your pain." It's a typically bleeding-heart-liberal statement. Cindy just said, "I feel my own pain, so I want all of you to spend time and government money to make my pain go away.