Sen. John McCain is seeking another ‘Gang of 14’. He says his earlier ‘Gang of 14’ was intended to assist the GOP in gaining approval of President Bush’s Federal Judicial nominees with a super majority. Then Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist had suggested a ‘nuclear’ vote to win ‘only’ ‘federal judgeship nominee approvals’ with a Senate simple majority vote.
Sen. Frist’s earlier proposal was based on our Constitution requiring ‘Advice and Consent’ for approval of Federal Judgeship nominees, rather than a ‘super majority’. Article II, Section 2 declares ‘The President shall have Power, … and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint … Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States’...
Is Sen. McCain insincere with his own history and/or is he attempting to deceive Arizonians? As I remember, Sen. McCain was voicing his concern that some of President Bush’s appointees were ‘too Conservative’ for him and others of his ‘Gang of 14’. McCain’s ‘Gang of 14’ was to force President Bush into nominating more ‘Moderate’ candidates to the Federal Courts. Sen. McCain’s ‘Gang of 14’ forced President Bush to withdraw several most qualified Conservative nominees. Sen. McCain’s speculation often ends up assisting the Democrat Party.
Sen. McCain co-authored McCain/Feingold legislation allowing organized labor to expend virtually unlimited resources on mostly Democrat Party candidates, and tax exempt 527 political groups such as MoveOn.com to purchase advertisements for Liberal positions opposed to Conservative GOP principles and values.
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