Senator John McCain (R-AZ) said today that, “despite his campaign-trail promises, President Obama has failed to change the partisan tone in Washington,” CNN reports.
"I’m afraid they have," Obama’s former presidential rival told CNN’s John King when asked if the administration has ‘failed’ in delivering on its repeated pledge of bipartisanship.
"Look they’ve got the votes. We understand that. They had the votes in the stimulus package, in the budget, in the Omnibus, in the SCHIP, all this legislation. And they have picked off, sometimes, two or three Republicans," McCain continued. "But that’s not changing the climate in Washington."
"What that is, is exercising a significant majority," the Arizona Republican continued. "And so I — I respect their successes, but please don’t call it changing the climate in Washington."
This was in an interview being taped for CNN’s “State of the Union.” It will air in full on Sunday.
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