In July 2017, McCain announced that he was diagnosed with the deadly gliablastoma brain tumor - it's hard to get a more deadly medical prognosis as that type of cancer is always fatal and fairly quickly. Factor in McCain's advanced age of 81, and it becomes even more deadly. He left the US Senate for Christmas break December 2017 and never returned. It wasn't likely that he would ever be well enough to return and serve the folks in Arizona. Meanwhile, the folks in Arizona have been deprived of a Senator.
Had McCain did the right thing and resigned his Senate seat because he knew full well that he was so impaired that he was unfit to return and serve his constituents, Arizona would be holding a special election this November for his replacement. The deadline for the special election was June 1 (May 30 according to some reports).
By McCain NOT resigning and allowing that deadline to pass, Arizona Governor Ducey will appoint his replacement and the choice of McCain loyalists is Cindy McCain. The Hill reported on May 30, 2018, link here:
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) on Tuesday quietly met with Sen. John McCain (R) and his wife, Cindy, at the couple’s home outside Sedona, Ariz., GOP sources in the state told The Hill.The Gov. of Arizona is a friend and political ally of McCain and it's being reported that McCain's appointed replacement will not be announced until after his funeral. It's still a matter of speculation as to who Gov. Ducey will appoint but it's believed that the deal has been struck. Whoever replaces McCain will be an ideological clone of McCain aka a ferocious enemy of Trump and his agenda.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) on Tuesday quietly met with Sen. John McCain (R) and his wife, Cindy, at the couple’s home outside Sedona, Ariz., GOP sources in the state told The Hill....
The meeting took place before a key deadline in Arizona.
Under state law, Wednesday marks the final day that a vacancy for McCain's seat could trigger a special election before 2020. After Wednesday, Ducey will have the power to appoint someone to the Senate seat if it does become open.
McCain allies in Arizona and Washington have been pushing for Cindy McCain to be appointed to her husband's seat.
By refusing to resign and allowing the folks in AZ to vote on his replacement, McCain will effectively hold his senate seat until Jan. 2021, even in death. The replacement for John McCain won't be on the ballot again until Nov. 2020 and the newly elected senator won't be sworn in until Jan. 2021.
Meanwhile, the enemies of Trump are PLOTTING and PLOTTING to get rid of him and remove him from office. Even in death McCain is doing his part.
The American Thinker wrote a most interesting piece on John McCain on June 9, 2018 titled Can someone please tell John McCain he can resign now?
So why hasn't McCain resigned? The answer is unclear, but it may boil down to one word: Cindy. McCain wants his wife, Cindy McCain, to take his place. McCain may feel that he is royalty and his Senate seat is like a throne that can be passed down to relatives...
Out of spite, he's leaving the people of Arizona without full representation in the Senate. In a tight 51-49 GOP-controlled body, the absence of one senator is critical on many votes.
McCain apparently does not care.
Yeah, John McCain is an evil rat bastard.
The Cruel, Crude and Unspeakable Evil that is John McCain
Excellent analysis, Judy. That Thumbs-Down gesture was the final straw for me.
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I've always viewed McCain as pure concentrated. It was indeed very selfish of him NOT to resign. It's just another classic McCain birdie to the American people.
DeleteHe's now in God's hands and will be judged for his deeds here on earth. Human evil is just something that I have a hard time comprehending. I know it exists but it creeps me out.
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