John "bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb iran" McCain
John "drill, baby, drill" McCain
I remember when he was called racist and a war monger but now he's suddenly a saint because he's not orange.
I never subscribed to the mentality that McCain was a racist. But a war monger, sure.
I could go on a tangent about the US's involvement in the Middle East and why it just doesn't fucking matter what we do, but the reason I hold McCain in higher regard than Trump is that he understood that you have to meet in the middle with the other side on some things. He was also willing to challenge the collective opinions of the RNC on their ideals, especially when it comes to Obamacare. He was one of the few Republicans to realize that dismantling Obamacare isn't getting rid of something that Obama put in, it's dismantling and ruining Medicare and Medicaid, a system that on top of being used by Welfare Queens, is used by the disabled and retired.
He also was one of the few to call out Mitch McConnell on his bullshit when it came to election security and safety.
As a matter of fact, the entire second half of this thread can be blamed on McConnell not listening to McCain.
There was a bipartisan attempt to shore up election security both digitally and physically due to the 2016 election and McCain was all for it. He knew that it would prevent a repeat of Democrats blaming Russian collusion, thus saving taxpayer money on a multimillion dollar investigation into whomever could be blamed next. It was also useful for both sides because it would prevent a repeat of what Trump was pulling on Ted Cruz, accusing him of fraud back in 2015/2016.
Whole thing came down to McConnell who was against it. McCain said "The only reason you would be against this movement is if you are working for a foreign power. This literally helps everyone"
and McConnell shut it down.
And here we are.
Edits: Forgmatting and typos