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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 4 Sep 2020

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted 2NinerSavoy

      The two best lines about McCain: one was that there was a reason he always flew a 1-seat plane. The other was John Hinderaker's pithy summary: "I'd trust John McCain with my life, but not with my party."https://twitter.com/2NinerSavoy/status/1302029481377439745 …

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      2NinerSavoy @2NinerSavoy
      You can respect McCain for his service and sacrifice to his country and dislike him at the same time as he could be petulant. His leadership was limited because of his petulance. https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1302026721886175232 …
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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 4 Sep 2020

      I always liked John McCain, sometimes in spite of my better judgment. My uncle who was an Annapolis classmate of his always said he was a wiseass, which was undoubtedly accurate. Like Romney, he's the kind of guy a successful party finds the right role for-but not as its leader.

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        1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 4 Sep 2020

          Maybe the @billjamesonline observation that has stayed with me the longest in the most contexts is that successful organizations find what role people can do, not focus on what they can't. I always try to apply this to political coalitions & parties.

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        1. Brian Rosenwald‏ @brianros1 4 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          And yet, at their most authentic, they’re exactly what smart parties should put out as leaders - people who agree with the party on most issues but have crossover appeal.

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        1. I Came; I Saw; I Got Over Macho Grande‏ @smitty_one_each 4 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          He always seemed an equestrian ass, to this fellow USNA grad. Suitable for the cockpit, but I respectfully disagree that he was clean in the Keating-5 thing. The idea that he sold his soul and the Left owned him thereafter explains much of his public record.

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        1. Jerry Brown‏ @sebastianjer 4 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          I lost respect for him as time went on, I kept some though, right up until the thumbs down episode, then it was all gone. If it had been just a petty hit on Trump that would have been bad enough, but it was a betrayal to his constituents, his party and IMO the nation.

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        1. SemperFiVirginia‏ @fi_virginia 4 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          I enjoyed his smart alec humor. I found McCain to be thoughtful, considerate, self deprecating and humble. He could be ill tempered and he held a grudge, he wasn’t perfect. But he was a great American and an excellent leader even though I disagreed with his decisions sometimes.

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        2. Jason Broander‏ @jbroander 4 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          Romney was a leader, just not a great politician. McCain was a hero, but not a great leader.

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        3. Jason Broander‏ @jbroander 4 Sep 2020
          Replying to @jbroander @baseballcrank

          And I said was about Romney since now he's stepped back from leadership--senators are not leaders,really, but opinion-takers.

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