the mystery is why so many other GOP and even executive branch people are willing to take so much Trump crap for so long already, when they know the majority of the country would be with them if they just said no to it sometimes. Seems like they are so focused on micro-targeting amidst the minority that still support Trump that they have last all sense of political proportion! It is in itself delusional.There are other voters out there, go for some of them instead, for crissakes, just pick some others to go for rather than debase yourself so much. Can't they see that a huge majority admires bi-partisanship.

I found it very useful to read his return remarks in this new light. Maybe where McCain deserves the accolades is trying to slap his colleagues upside the head, saying hello, wake up, remember you are Senators and are supposed to be the equals of the president

“We are an important check on the powers of the Executive. Our consent is necessary for the President to appoint jurists and powerful government officials and in many respects to conduct foreign policy. Whether or not we are of the same party, we are not the President’s subordinates. We are his equal!
  “As his responsibilities are onerous, many and powerful, so are ours.  And we play a vital role in shaping and directing the judiciary, the military, and the cabinet, in planning and supporting foreign and domestic policies. Our success in meeting all these awesome constitutional obligations depends on cooperation among ourselves. 
 “The success of the Senate is important to the continued success of America.

More importantly, he was chastising them that they used to have principles, that they should quit pandering like stupid idiots to the propagandists for some supposed political gain and start being genuine legislators:

“I hope we can again rely on humility, on our need to cooperate, on our dependence on each other to learn how to trust each other again and by so doing better serve the people who elected us. Stop listening to the bombastic loudmouths on the radio and television and the Internet. To hell with them. They don’t want anything done for the public good. Our incapacity is their livelihood.

“Let’s trust each other. Let’s return to regular order. We’ve been spinning our wheels on too many important issues because we keep trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle. That’s an approach that’s been employed by both sides, mandating legislation from the top down, without any support from the other side, with all the parliamentary maneuvers that requires.