Bring Back the Real Maverick

19 May 2012, 4:05 pm

Senator John McCain, once an advocate of campaign finance reform, may finally be returning to the fight.... Read More »

Citizens United Foes John McCain, Sheldon Whitehouse Take Argument To Supreme Court

18 May 2012, 12:01 pm

WASHINGTON -- In an all-out broadside against the current state of campaign finance, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) submitted a brief on Friday morning urging the U.S. Supreme Court to let stand Montana's century-old ban on corporate money in political campaigns desp... Read More »

Sen. John McCain Trashes Supreme Court's Citizens United Ruling [READ BRIEF]

18 May 2012, 11:15 am

Sen. John McCain, the Republican author of a bipartisan campaign finance law at the heart of the Citizens United case, filed a brief with Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse urging the justices to uphold a Montana anti-corruption law that bans independent corporate political spending.... Read More »

Former McCain aides urge Romney to attack Obama over Jeremiah Wright

17 May 2012, 6:00 pm

Former aides to John McCain have said that he erred in deciding not to attack Barack Obama over the anti-American pastor Jeremiah Wright, pictured, and urged Mitt Romney not to make the same mistake.... Read More »

The Caucus: McCain Rejects Racially Tinged Attack on Obama

17 May 2012, 11:19 am

Senator John McCain of Arizona repudiated a proposal by Republican strategists to "do exactly what John McCain would not let us do," launch an incendiary, racially-tinged attack on the president.... Read More »

McCain Stands By His Prior Decision Not to Engage Obama Over Rev. Wright

17 May 2012, 6:58 am

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., stood by his decision not to engage Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential campaign over his ties to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, as The New York Times reported a new GOP super PAC is considering reviving the controversial line of attack.... Read More »

McCain Rejects Racially Tinged Attack on Obama

16 May 2012, 8:05 pm

Senator John McCain of Arizona repudiated a proposal by Republican strategists to "do exactly what John McCain would not let us do," launch an incendiary, racially-tinged attack on the president.... Read More »

John McCain knocks President Obama on foreign policy, says US should arm Syrian rebels

16 May 2012, 11:28 am

Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona blasted President Obama on foreign policy Sunday, accusing him of mishandling relationships with countries throughout the Middle East.... Read More »

John McCain: President Obama Leading from Behind on Foreign Policy

6 May 2012, 11:06 am

Sen. John McCain was critical of President Obama’s foreign policy record this morning on “This Week,” saying that the administration has been “leading from behind” on the issue of Syria and its broader Middle East policy. “How could we not stand up for these people? ...... Read More »

Sen. John McCain's Advice to Mitt Romney: Pick a Running Mate You Trust

6 May 2012, 9:19 am

  This morning on ABC’s This Week, Sen. John McCain weighed in on Mitt Romney’s hotly anticipated vice presidential pick.  The former presidential candidate’s advice was clear. “The absolute, most important aspect is, if something happened to him, would that person be well qualified to...... Read More »