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10-31-2001, 09:16 PM
House GOP says McCain will pay for ‘humor’
By Betsy Rothstein
Angered by Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) gibes at the House, some House Republicans warned last week that they will never again support his proposals.
“It will be a cold day in hell before I vote for anything he’s sponsoring,” said Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho). “He has lost any credibility in the House that he ever had.”
House members’ ire was triggered by McCain’s recent appearance on the David Letterman show when he ridiculed House members as “real profiles in courage” and folks who “head for the hills” after the House shut down because of the anthrax scare while the Senate stayed in session.
Even Rep. Peter King (N.Y.), one of the few Republicans who supported McCain during last year’s GOP presidential primaries, said he was “very disappointed” in McCain’s comments, even though McCain said he was only joking.
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Pay back is a bitch!!
By Betsy Rothstein
Angered by Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) gibes at the House, some House Republicans warned last week that they will never again support his proposals.
“It will be a cold day in hell before I vote for anything he’s sponsoring,” said Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho). “He has lost any credibility in the House that he ever had.”
House members’ ire was triggered by McCain’s recent appearance on the David Letterman show when he ridiculed House members as “real profiles in courage” and folks who “head for the hills” after the House shut down because of the anthrax scare while the Senate stayed in session.
Even Rep. Peter King (N.Y.), one of the few Republicans who supported McCain during last year’s GOP presidential primaries, said he was “very disappointed” in McCain’s comments, even though McCain said he was only joking.
continues (http://www.hillnews.com/103101/humor.shtm)
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Pay back is a bitch!!