This was Sen. John McCain (Bitter Old Man-AZ) yesterday, after retired general David (Weiner 2.0) Petraeus disabused him of the notion that there was some kind of sinister cover-up about the attack on our embassy in Benghazi:
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called Petraeus’s testimony “comprehensive, I think it was important, it added to our ability to make judgments about what is clearly a failure of intelligence. He described his actions and that of his agency, their interaction with other agencies and I appreciate his service and his candor.”
"I guess one on-camera hissy-fit a week is all he can handle," we all thought. And, as you will see below the socialist tangerine beignet, we were wrong.
I may have the timeline wrong, but I think McCain got this note from Speaker Reid after the above press avail. Well, that must have been the camel that broke Grampy's straw back, because he's at it again, snarling it up about Susan Rice:
Asked Saturday at a press conference at the Halifax International Security Forum if anything he was told by Petraeus would change his assessment of what Rice knew and the statements she made, McCain said, "No, because I knew it was a terrorist attack from the beginning. People don't go to spontaneous demonstrations with mortars and RPGs."
(snip)
"There were people who were at the consulate who flew to Germany the next day. They knew there was no spontaneous demonstration. They knew that. And they were interviewed. So there should have been no doubt whatsoever of that," McCain said.
Right! So what if they were shell-shocked from the loss of their friends, and the near-loss of their own lives? They should have shown the same steel and nerve McCain showed
he showed as a naval officer.
But back to Grampy as he is today. It looks like Reid's note isn't backing McCain up:
"I'm concerned about four Americans who died. Their families need to know the circumstances, why it happened, how it happened, and where responsibility lies. That's all. That's all that we're seeking. We're not seeing a confrontation with anyone. We're not trying to quote 'take on anyone.'"
All together now: "Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight."
It's getting to be like this, Senator:
If I were you, I'd quit while I was (still) behind.