Monday, January 28, 2008
McCain Behind the Scenes [Ramesh Ponnuru]
A Senate source whom I trust responds to my call for specifics:
McCain stood in the middle of the GOP cloakroom and yelled at several of his Senate colleagues because they deigned to have a vote — to have a vote — on Inhofe's "English As the National Language" amendment to the 2006 immigration bill. He accused conservatives of being "divisive" and "insulting" Latinos for suggesting that immigrants ought to learn this language. He was nasty and unhinged. About 10 staffers witnessed this. He delighted in telling the conservative senators there that they were destroying the party with these efforts. This is what Santorum is talking about. He had antipathy for social and cultural conservatives' efforts.
That's the type of thing Santorum should be letting us know about.
01/28 09:13 PM
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