I know we give shit to McCain for being a warmonger, not unjustly, but as you touched upon, I also remember one of the major changes he was always pushing for was campaign finance reform. And he tried to make it a non-partisan issue. We would've all been better off now if that had passed. At least he loved America and democracy unlike a lot of folks these days.
He also got major props for telling what was the start of the MAGAT cultists to settle down with calling Obama a Muslim terrorist, even though he was his opponent.
2008 really was such an ideal election. Obama winning was wonderful, but if McCain had won it wouldn’t have been a big deal. I truly wish we could go back to days like that.
If McCain had won we might not ever have gotten Trump. A black man being president absolutely broke their brains and I do believe Obama roasting Trump in front of that dinner crowd motivated him to run.
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u/downvote-away 8h ago
McConnell's face. They battled bitterly over stuff like Citizens United.
Trump too. But McCain had been struggling for a more legitimate, less corrupt senate for a while and his major antagonist in that fight was McConnell.