Explain it like I'm 5, the benefit of POTUS giving McCain a Medal of Freedom today?

[irisblue]

I'm not seeing that the GOPers/White Christian Nationalists/authoriatians are suddenly going to like POTUS or suddenly think that working with POTUS & Democrats is a good thing because a man who died in summer 2018 got a medal. McCain was not especially popular with his party when he died.

I'm missing something here, help me see a different POV

[MarineCombatEngineer]

1. I think it was to honor his long service to the country,

military and civilian.

He was hated by the Trumpers because he didn't fawn all over the Mango Menace like they thought he should.

[BlackSkimmer]

35. This. nt

[Crazyleftie]

2. a kick in the butt to Trump

[MarineCombatEngineer]

4. More like a kick in the balls to trump,

if they can be found.

[Meadowoak]

40. Look in Lindsey's mouth.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

43. Thread winner!!!!

[pwb]

3. McCains deciding vote for the health care act?

Helped all of us.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

8. Yes it did,

I especially like the part where he gave a thumbs down on the Senate floor.

The repukes thought they had the votes in the bag, they thought poorly.

[Claustrum]

11. And this is where I would cite when people complain about Biden's 50:50 senate not doing enough.

They had 53 republicans in the senate and they couldn't kill ACA. Give Biden 53 democratic senators and lets see what we can achieve.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

13. +100.

The things Pres. Biden could do with a Senate majority...........awesome.

[Brainfodder]

15. I'm thinking..... SIXTY!

..and if they do not do it then, they crooks too!

[TexasTowelie]

18. I'm thinking 67 at least.

I have some Supreme Court justices that I would like to impeach and replace.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

21. Filibuster proof baby!!!!!!!

That's the ticket.

Wouldn't that be awesome?
We would see repukes heads doing this:

[royable]

22. Let's aim for 80 so we have the leeway for a few rogues to pull a Manchin if they feel a need. n/t

[betsuni]

30. +1

[Autumn]

45. McCain believed the ACA should be repealed, he did not vote for Obamacare.

He didn't like the procedure the Pukes were using.

“I was thanked for my vote by Democratic friends more profusely than I should have been for helping save Obamacare,” McCain wrote. “That had not been my goal.”

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/analysis-john-mccain-hated-obamacare-ultimately-saved/story?id=57423435


https://www.nbcnews.com/health/obamacare/mccain-hated-obamacare-he-also-saved-it-n904106

"From the beginning, I have believed that Obamacare should be repealed and replaced with a solution that increases competition, lowers costs, and improves care for the American people. The so-called 'skinny repeal' amendment the Senate voted on today would not accomplish those goals. While the amendment would have repealed some of Obamacare's most burdensome regulations, it offered no replacement to actually reform our health care system and deliver affordable, quality health care to our citizens. The Speaker's statement that the House would be 'willing' to go to conference does not ease my concern that this shell of a bill could be taken up and passed at any time."

[hlthe2b]

5. I'm sure it was personal for Biden. He was a life-long friend & someone he deeply respected for his

service. Cindy McCain is one of his ambassadors, you know. (Romania, I think, and heavily involved in the Ukrainian grain supplies issue toward averting world hunger this winter).

[AkFemDem]

6. He wouldn't award such an honor

For political capital. He’s not Trump.

[onecaliberal]

7. He served his country, but they served in the senate together in a time where there was true

Friendships.

[agingdem]

20. McCain was a prisoner of war..Vietnam

he was tortured...I hated his politics...for a so-called maverick he was Republican to his core and he wasn't always kosher (Keating Five)..and then there was the Sarah Palin disaster..but he had a deep respect for Joe and he despised Trump...

[onecaliberal]

42. Yup.

[blm]

9. McCain would've received the Medal before he passed, had the prez

at the time been close to a normal human being. He wasn’t.

I can completely understand Biden doing this now. The Jan 6 hearings are proving that there are some traditional conservatives in the GOP. This is a normal pick, imo.

[dchill]

19. That's reason enough.

[irisblue]

10. Did Cindy McCains endorsement of Biden help POTUS win Arizona?

[Mad_Machine76]

12. I would have to think that anything good

made a difference

[2naSalit]

14. I would imagine she did to some degree.

It was an impressive show of support.

[wryter2000]

25. Cindy McCain is adored in AZ

Her endorsement had to help.

[sarisataka]

16. There isn't and that's the point

Biden isn't giving the medal to benefit himself; he's doing it because it is the right thing to do.

[Mister Ed]

27. +1. Thank you.

I'm surprised it needed to be said

[spanone]

17. They were friends...

[Effete Snob]

23. He wanted to

And he did.

Deal.

[irisblue]

28. Why so hostile a reply to me? Is there an issue between us?

I do not recall one

[wryter2000]

24. It's a stick in Trump's side

Trump hated him. Plus, what harm does it do?

[LoisB]

26. I don't see a problem with this. McCain served his country and in my opinion was a worthy

adversary. He, at least, did not spend his last 10 years publicly crying over his loss to Obama, not that I remember anyway.

[thomski64]

29. If nothing else, it's a little.

..FU to the orange anus.

[Srkdqltr]

31. Why not? It was a good thing to do. We have a good president.

Get over it

[kentuck]

32. His entire Party did not have to like him.

But enough of them admired him to make it a useful bi-partisan gesture, in my opinion.

[badhair77]

33. I agree, it was out of respect to McCain's service and their friendship.

Also, he was showing tfg he’d never receive this honor. I’m surprised tfg didn’t give it to himself.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

34. Senators often have collegial feelings for each other. It's a small club, and you're not in it.

[True Blue American]

37. McCain and Biden were long time friends..

Biden spent time at the Ranch when John was dying.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

38. As I say.

[True Blue American]

36. McCain spent 5 years in Hanoi prisons

Refused to leave until his men were, suffered horrible torture. Cam home greiviously wounded, spent his life in the Senate.

Used his last vote in the Senate while dying of cancer to save the ACA!

You need more? Passed the Feingold/ McCa8n bill to control dark money in politics. The crooked Supremes threw it out!

[RockRaven]

39. Paying homage to an obsolete and dangerous notion that Republicans are people who can

be worked with because they are well meaning people who just happen to have different ideas, instead of recognizing how dangerous and frankly sociopathic their ideology has been for at least a century now.

[WarGamer]

41. Probably because McCain isn't one of the current GOP'ers...

He's old-skool.

[Thomas Hurt]

44. Trump didn't like him.

[okaawhatever]

46. McCain was the one who got a copy of the Steele Dossier into Comey's hands. nt

[DemocraticPatriot]

47. Biden giving McCain the medal actually trolls the MAGAts...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

48. Occam's Razor

He liked McCain and thought he deserved it.

[AntiFascist]

49. He's appealing to the small number of Republicans who may still have a milliliter of integrity? n/t

[JI7]

50. Joe Biden himself loved and respected McCain

It's not a political or campaign move.