‘If it’s Sunday, it’s John McCain’

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

"If it's Sunday, it's John McCain." I am derisively mocking the introduction to Meet The Press Gregory. David Gregory is the worst of the worst among the D.C. media villagers. He is an embarrassment to watch.

UPDATE: Meet the Press Admits Its Irrelevance, Lack of Creativity with Go-To Guest John McCain | Crooks and Liars: "John McCain [has] surpassed Bob Dole with his 64th appearance on the show. Since the beginning of this year (a total of twelve weeks), McCain has been booked eight times, far and away more than any other person, including the actual GOP presidential candidates."

Another man who is embarrassing to watch is Gregory's perpetual guest, Sen. John McCain. Last week, McCain voted for the "Blunt Amendment," the “tell your boss why you’re on the pill bill” that would allow employers to demand proof that their employees are not using birth control for contraceptive purposes before their insurance will cover the pills. (h/t Daily Kos).

The "Blunt Amendment" failed, but the Tea-Publican Arizona legislature took up the "Baby Blunt Amendment" that doubled-down on the crazy, permitting employers to terminate contraception users on "religious or moral objections" to their private life Arizona Senate Committee Endorses 'Tell Your Boss Why You're On The Pill' Bill.  A panel of the Arizona legislature also voted to defund Planned Parenthood, which for many women is the only health care provider for breast cancer screening, cervical cancer screening, etc., available in their community. Republican-Controlled Arizona Legislature On Cusp Of Defunding Planned Parenthood. This got lots of bad national press last week.

In his interview on Meet The Press Gregory, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) slammed this assault on working women, and even urged his fellow Republicans to finally end their lengthy war on women’s reproductive health. Think Progress reports After Backing Anti-Birth Control Blunt Amendment, McCain Now Says GOP Needs To 'Get Off' War On Women:

GREGORY: Are you concerned at all to see the focus, with certain elements of the Republican Party, on social issues? In your own state of Arizona, there’s this contraception bill that even the governor has said would put women in the uncomfortable position where they had to say to their employers why they wanted contraception, and why it should be covered — is that a bad road?

McCAIN: I am confident that that legislation will not reach the governor’s desk and if it did it would be vetoed. . . . It certainly does not reflect, in my view, the majority view of the people of Arizona.

GREGORY: Do you think that there is something of a war on women among Republicans?

McCAIN: I think we have to fix that. I think that there is a perception out there because of how this whole contraception issue played out — ah, we need to get off of that issue, in my view. I think we ought to respect the right of women to make choices in their lives and make that clear, and get back onto what the American people really care about.

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McCain’s concern for “the right of women to make choices” is touching, but it is also a very new development. Just this month, McCain backed the Blunt Amendment, a key prong in the GOP war on women that would have allowed employers to veto women’s access to contraception through their health plans.

Perhaps McCain just became aware of the fact that his daughter, Meghan McCain, is the "20 Questions" interview in Playboy Magazine. 20Q: Meghan McCain : Playboy.com. I am sure he reads it just for the articles, Mr. Santorum. Back off!

In the interview, Meghan McCain has this exchange:

Q7

PLAYBOY: Say a little more about the hanging-out-in-bed-with-girlfriends part.

MCCAIN: Watch it, mister. My friends from home came over to support me, and we got in my parents’ big bed. They have this huge California king and we just stayed up eating ice cream. I’m not a lesbian, if that’s what you’re asking. I’d be the first person to tell the world I was gay. I’m not private about anything. I think you should live how you should live. But I’m strictly dickly. I can’t help it. I love sex and I love men.

El Rushbo should love this. After spending much of the past month attacking Sandra Fluke for something she never said, here is Meghan McCain, who is single, saying she loves sex and loves men. What were the terms you used, Rush?

I suppose it is admirable that John McCain just wants to protect his daughter from being labeled by the likes of Rush Limbaugh. Too bad his concern doesn't extend to women beyond his own family.