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Here is what Sen. Coburn wrote about John McCain in National Review Online after last year’s immigration bill train wreck:
“As the American people, elected officials,
and commentators reflect on the heated immigration debate that came
to a temporary close in the Senate this week many will ask, and
have asked, why U.S. Senator John McCain (R., Ariz.) staked out a
position that may, in retrospect, be seen as devastating to his
presidential ambitions. I hope the American people, at least, step
back from the obsessive play-by-play pre-season election analysis
and reflect on Senator McCain�s actions for
what I believe they were: One of the purest examples of political
courage seen in Washington in a very, very long
time.”
The rest of the piece is worth reading. It’s similar to the arguments we at the New Hampshire Union Leader made in endorsing McCain despite, not because of, his positions that irritate conservatives, including us.
I think our endorsement helped him win New Hampshire
because it gave him a sort of conservative seal off approval here.
Coburn’s endorsement might have a similar effect, as far as
endorsements from U.S. senators go. Coburn has a lifetime ACU
rating of 97.8 and he is no friend of the Washington establishment.
That he picked McCain over Romney says a lot, I think.
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