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Thanks for that follow up,

A Guy Called LULU — Sun, 14 May 2017 15:54:50 +0000

Thanks for that follow up, Arta.The article, like the one at The Intercept, is about it being a "surprise" vote though it does not go into nearly the detail of 'why' it was is a surprise. McCain's explanation might even be the real reason for his vote but I do not believe it can be taken on face value just because he said so. [He is a politician] My speculation is that Davis Dayen 's speculation at The Intercept provides the most likely explanation of the two. McCain is, IMO, a damaged person with tremendous anger management problems. Sometimes he pulls the trigger before his gun clears the holster. That has been demonstrated over and over through the years since he was released fro a POW camp in Vietnam. Usually though when he goes red in the face and starts screaming it is because he wants to sanction some country or drone murder some leader or else bomb their whole damned country. I doubt he was livid over the legislation as he screamed at Cornyn and a couple other Republican Senators just before he cast his vote against their wishes.

McCain’s conduct during the Senate vote also raises red flags. In the C-SPAN video of the vote, McCain can be seen in heated discussion with John Cornyn, R-Texas, the number two man in the Senate leadership, along with John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and an unidentified senator with his back to the camera. After yelling at them for close to a minute, McCain goes over to the Senate clerks and gives a thumbs down to record his vote. He then storms out of the chamber, as Cornyn raises his arms in mild protest.

Because the bill he voted against was one which removed some environmental protection, it is not hard to come up with a contrived excuse, if necessary, that sounds perfectly sane to justify an anger inspired rash action against his own Party's intention. I have not heard that he campaigned against the bill before his vote. It is close to certain that some republican Senator changed his mind after the whip count assured that the bill would pass. My bet is that it was McCain.

You got the art opening I

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 14 May 2017 10:46:45 +0000

In reply to this paragraph over at

You got the art opening I sent offline?

this paragraph over at

artappraiser — Sun, 14 May 2017 07:29:25 +0000

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this paragraph over at Sciencemag.org (hat tip to Peracles for taking me to the site with another article)

pretty much explains his vote to my satisfaction and sounds perfectly sane:

Senate fails to repeal methane control rule in final antiregulation vote

By Warren Cornwall, May. 10

[....] The surprise deciding vote in the methane rule came from Senator John McCain (R–AZ). In a statement, McCain said although he has concerns about the current regulations, using the CRA would tie the hands of agencies, blocking them from issuing any “similar” rule in the future. “I believe that the public interest is best served if the Interior Department issues a new rule to revise and improve the BLM [Bureau of Land Management] methane rule,” he said. Two other Republican senators, Lindsey Graham (R–SC) and Susan Collins (R–ME), had previously announced their opposition to the bill.[....]

I wonder if any MSM outlets

A Guy Called LULU — Thu, 11 May 2017 03:11:23 +0000

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I wonder if any MSM outlets will cover McCain’s vote as possibly being just a petulant act of a chronically pissed off old man. The author makes it clear that he is speculating about McCain’s motives but it seems to me to be a fair analysis of [maybe] why something so unexpected did in fact happen. I am curious if others see this as a “good” way for a reporter to report his speculation and also was the subject even something worth reporting as it was done in this instance. Any opinions?

Maybe he figured out he's not

CVille Dem — Thu, 11 May 2017 01:05:40 +0000

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Maybe he figured out he's not immortal after all.

HOW WILL THE BUFFALO LIVE

NCD — Wed, 10 May 2017 23:44:04 +0000

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HOW WILL THE BUFFALO LIVE WITHOUT HAVING LEAKS OF GAS?

Sabotage?

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 10 May 2017 23:37:22 +0000

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Sabotage?

The poor demented old fart

A Guy Called LULU — Wed, 10 May 2017 19:19:42 +0000

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The poor demented old fart may have accidently done something good.