What’s the deal with Lindsey Graham?
John McCain must be rolling over in his grave
After Senator John McCain’s (R-AZ) death, South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on the floor of the Senate “it is going to be a lonely journey for me for a while. I am going to need your help, and the void to be filled by John’s passing is more than I can fill.” As he left the floor, Democrats Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York gave him hugs.
This is not mere hyperbole, or typical political rhetoric. Graham considered McCain his best friend, and accompanied him when he went to North Vietnam to visit the Hanoi Hilton where he was kept as a prisoner of war for five and a half years. And this friendship extended into Graham’s politics. He has described himself a “Reagan-style Republican,” and has been described as a fairly conservative Republican with “a twang of moderation” and as having “an independent streak.” These are all descriptions that would have suited McCain well also.
And his independence was more than just rhetorical. He angered the tea party by…
