Washington D.C. and the Press Corp are his constituency - Arizona GOP censures McCain for ‘liberal’ record

He is three generations Navy. He has never worked anywhere, but for the government. Unfortunately, he is mostly self-interested and, in the past as part of the "Keating Five," self-aggrandizement. He speaks and acts with an eye on getting favorable coverage from the Washington Press to the detriment of the rest of us. Think of McCain-Feingold. There are times when McCain acts as a Republican Senator, in the interest of Arizonans and Americans. He did this in questioning the Obama choice for Ambassador to Norway. Although it was 'like shooting fish in a barrel,' because the candidate, George Tsunis, is a great campaign money bundler for Obama, but a bungler intellectually:

Obama's ambassador pick for Norway bobbles Senate history test, but still likely to nab job

 In the hearing, McCain acted in a stellar, informed fashion. However, this is rare. Is McCain, just reflecting the competency of his staff? But all too often, when he is on his own, without staff support, he seems ill-informed and sounds more like his pop culture daughter than he did during this hearing.

In the article below, McCain is supported by his Republican Senate colleague from AZ. Never the less, McCain is a big government statist who puts the Senate first, before the Americans he is supposed represent. m/r

Arizona GOP censures McCain for ‘liberal’ record - The Washington Post

By Associated Press, Published: January 25, 2014

PHOENIX — The Arizona Republican Party formally censured Sen. John McCain on Saturday, citing a voting record they say is insufficiently conservative.

The resolution to censure McCain was approved by a voice-vote during a meeting of state committee members in Tempe, state party spokesman Tim Sifert said. It needed signatures from at least 20 percent of state committee members to reach the floor for debate.

Sifert said no further action was expected.

McCain spokesman Brian Rogers declined to comment on the censure. But former three-term Sen. Jon Kyl told The Arizona Republic (http://bit.ly/1mIyKyy ) that the move was “wacky.”

“I’ve gone to dozens of these meetings and every now and then some wacky resolution gets passed,” Kyl told the newspaper on Saturday. “But most people realize it does not represent the majority of the vast numbers of Republicans.” ...

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