As reported in Balloon Juice, Harry Reid responds to McCain's hissy fit about HCR passing:
Washington, DC—Spokesman for Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Jim Manley, released the following statement today regarding Senator McCain’s comment pledging no cooperation from Republicans for the rest of the year:
"For someone who campaigned on ‘Country First’ and claims to take great pride in bipartisanship, it’s absolutely bizarre for Senator McCain to tell the American people he is going to take his ball and go home until the next election. He must be living in some parallel universe because the fact is, with very few exceptions, we’ve gotten very little cooperation from Senate Republicans in recent years.
"At a time when our economy is suffering and we’re fighting two wars, the American people need Senator McCain and his fellow Republicans to start working with us to confront the challenges facing our country—not reiterating their constant opposition to helping working families when they need it most."
I've been critical of the Senate Majority Leader in the past but fair's fair: this is exactly what we need to be hearing from him. Maybe the HCR victory will stiffen the Dems' spines so they will continue to stand up to the right-wing noise machine!