Trump-McCain feud

[struggle4progress]

BY BEN KAMISAR AND REBECCA KHEEL - 02/11/17 12:00 PM EST

... The fight between McCain and Trump this week was over the raid in Yemen, which left one Navy SEAL and a number of civilians dead.

The White House has insisted the operation was a success, with spokesman Sean Spicer saying anyone critical of it was doing a disservice to the fallen SEAL.

Hours later, McCain told NBC News that it’s fair to criticize a mission for failing and still hold respect for those who serve, noting his feelings about a failed mission to save him from a prisoner of war camp in Vietnam.

It all might have ended there, were it not for the president’s fondness for Twitter ...

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/318967-trump-mccain-feud-takes-new-turn

[FarPoint]

1. McCain could be much more commanding..

He could really evoke leadership and change in the Senate...He won't be running for re- election obviously...So nothing to loose and everything to gain... Show us how he could of been if elected President.....Yet he remains more timid yet occasionally verbal with doing the job he was elected to do...