John McCain: Won’t Respond to SCOTUS Decision; Talks Cindy, NOH8 and Prop 8
Email ABC News Z. Byron Wolf reports: Sen. John McCain was in no mood to talk about the Supreme Court decision which today gutted the campaign finance law which bears his name and was his signature legislative accomplishment. Asked about the decision by reporters and TV cameras staking out Sen.-elect Scott Brown, R-Mass., on Capitol Hill, McCain said he had “nothing to add” to a written statement released earlier in the day, which showed him to be searching for a silver lining in the decision. “I am disappointed by the decision of the Supreme Court and the lifting of the limits on corporate and union contributions. However, it appears that key aspects of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA), including the ban on soft money contributions, remain intact,” he said on paper earlier in the day. McCain’s long quest to pass campaign finance reform legislation was opposed by most Republicans. And his Republican colleagues, by and large, have lauded the Supreme Court’s decision today. But out in front of the Capitol McCain did pause briefly to respond on-camera to a question about on his wife’s recent advocacy of gay marriage, reported today in the Washington Post.
Cindy McCain, who is currently on a humanitarian mission to Sierra Leone with the One Campaign, poses in the ad with tape over her mouth and the words NOH8 written on her face. NOH8 is a gay rights group challenging Proposition 8, which passed in 2008 in California and bans gay marriage in that state. “My wife and my family and I have our differences and we respect each others’ views and we have spirited conversations,” I obviously have always been opposed to gay marriage,” he said. “I support proposition 8,” he said.
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It appears that Sen. McCranky has a serious disagreement with, as they say in Arizona, his ‘women folk’ on the gay marriage issue. The Phoenix Tea Party chapter will have fun with this come primary time. The imagery of Ms. McCain’s ad is powerfully positive. Of coures,given today’s SCOTUS decision she could also have a “This Space for Rent” stickie on her forehead.
Posted by: B. Bear | January 21, 2010, 3:20 pm 3:20 pm
The court decision is a blow to ethics in government, and to controls on political special interests.
I have said it many times, and I will repeat yet again…..the judiciary in this country, is totally out of control, and that is why we have so many problems with crime, unethical behavior, and corruption. That needs to be fixed….from the Supreme Court, on down.
Posted by: Rick McDaniel | January 21, 2010, 4:21 pm 4:21 pm
Notice how every decision comes down 5-4?
This country is in deep, deep trouble for years to come.
Posted by: Dalton | January 21, 2010, 4:28 pm 4:28 pm
Good for Mrs. McCain. She shows that she has her own ideas and opinions regarding issues. Good for Mr. McCain in recognizing as much, and for not thinking his wife nothing more than chattle to “do as I say and think as I do.”
Posted by: FS | January 21, 2010, 4:31 pm 4:31 pm
Uh why can’t monogamous gays get married and be miserable just like the rest of us? If you want to protect and defend marriage, why not ban divorce? If God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve, did Adam and Eve’s kids have to have sex with each other and get married???
Posted by: Post American | January 21, 2010, 4:36 pm 4:36 pm
“This country is in deep, deep trouble for years to come.” — Thomas Jefferson’s ‘tyrants and patriots’ statement comes first to mind. Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito and Kennedy are merely conservative traitors and big business lobbyists. These are the tyrants all patriots should be focused on.
Posted by: Mangalore | January 21, 2010, 5:31 pm 5:31 pm
He won’t talk SCOTUS!? Isn’t this the “ISSUES” he’s been “railing” about “Special Interest” for years?
Posted by: sara | January 21, 2010, 5:59 pm 5:59 pm
My partner and I have been together for nearly nineteen years. We have to pay over $400. for his health insurance because he is self employed. If we were married he could go on my plan at work for about $20. A woman I work with is now on marriage number three (since my partner and I have been together) and her new hubby is on her $20 plan at work. Fair???
Posted by: Jim | January 21, 2010, 10:29 pm 10:29 pm
Well I think that Cindy’s stand favoring gay marriage will sink any hope for Senator McCain’s re-election. The daughter is young and follows the free thinking younger college crowd. It’s too bad. I thought the McCain’s were a great family but now I’ve changed my mind.
Posted by: cyndy in scottsdale | January 21, 2010, 11:43 pm 11:43 pm
You’re wrong Wolf. He talked to CNN besides issuing a written statement. Readers will respect you if you try to be accurate.
Posted by: tm | January 22, 2010, 2:40 am 2:40 am
I thought the McCain’s were a great family but now I’ve changed my mind.
Why are they not a good family? Cause they have opposing opinions of McCain himself or yourself? This makes them a bad family? I always thought a bad family was one which abused, neglected or intentionally hurt their spouses/children, not because they had political differences. I was never a big fan of McCain or Cindy for that matter, but I never once considered them bad parents or thought their children were “BAD”. Freedom of opinion is soooo very American and a good thing.
Posted by: justsaying | January 22, 2010, 12:38 pm 12:38 pm
The McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform was indeed an accomplishment – the best that could be done under the circumstances. (I think the real goal should be CAMPAIGN reform so that our elected officials can spend more hours on their duties, less time raising money from lobbyists for their next campaign. But with a Supreme Court as now?) This Court has added water and fertilizer to the already vigorous trend towards Oligarchy. Good Job you 5! Keep up the good work and there’ll be a revolution within 50 years, I’d say, when the masses can no longer subsist without our daughters and wives walking the streets to keep food on the table and roof over us. And, comes the Revolution the masses won’t quibble about good oligarchs and bad oligarchs.
Posted by: Ray Kawano | January 23, 2010, 2:41 pm 2:41 pm
Just curious…Is the (others’) apostrophe correct in this article’s sentence? “My wife and my family and I have our differences and we respect each others’ views and we have spirited conversations,”
Posted by: zyde | November 12, 2010, 2:44 pm 2:44 pm
The measure includes additional money to fill the almost depleted emergency aid coffers with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Army Corps of Engineers following Hurricane Irene, Tropical Storm Lee, wildfires and tornadoes thus far this year
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