Sens. John McCain (left) and Lindsey Graham on Sunday indicated Chuck Hagel’s nomination as defense secretary likely will be confirmed when the Senate reconvenes. “I don’t believe he’s qualified, but I don’t believe we should hold up his confirmation any further,” Mr. McCain said. (Associated Press)
** FILE ** “Republicans deserve blame; I’ll take some blame for it. But the president of the United States is supposed to lead. Why doesn’t he call people over, and we sit down and prevent the sequestration from happening and fulfill the comment that he made during the campaign?” said Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican. (Associated Press)
From left, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. sit on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress . (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)
Secretary of State John Kerry, right, greets Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., center, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
From left, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. sit on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress . (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)
Sens. Jack Reed (left), Rhode Island Democrat; Carl Levin (third from left), Michigan Democrat and committee chairman; Jim Inhofe (third from right), Oklahoma Republican; and John McCain (right), Arizona Republican, listen as Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (second from right) and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey (second from left), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, on the Defense Department's response to the attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Sen. John F. Kerry (second from left) arrives alongside outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (second from right), Sen. John McCain (right) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (left) for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to be the next secretary of state, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Mr. Kerry, the committee's chairman, is expected to receive overwhelming support from his colleagues. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
“Look back at the last election. We are losing, dramatically, the Hispanic vote, which we think should be ours for a variety of reasons,” says Republican Sen. John McCain. (Associated Press)
“Look back at the last election. We are losing, dramatically, the Hispanic vote, which we think should be ours for a variety of reasons,” says Republican Sen. John McCain. (Associated Press)
