# John McCain to resign on 4th of July **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 2, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132 "2018-07-02T02:36:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/41 "2018-07-03T13:45:38Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > This. Anytime McCain is too ill to be present in the Senate chambers, the GOP majority is only 50-49, and just one defection can kill a nomination. Three Dems in red states voted for Gorsuch, and that wasn’t in an election year. It will take more than one defection to keep the Handmaid off the court. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/42 "2018-07-03T15:12:36Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Three Dems in red states voted for Gorsuch, and that wasn’t in an election year. It will take more than one defection to keep the Handmaid off the court. Gorsuch was in whether they voted or not. I expect it to be the same situation with the next one. If the Republicans don’t have the votes, no one is going to switch sides to give it to them. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/43 "2018-07-03T16:24:45Z")
All great arguments and debates. But has anyone actually confirmed whether the title of the thread is true? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/44 "2018-07-03T16:27:08Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > All great arguments and debates. But has anyone actually confirmed whether the title of the thread is true? I still have yet to hear it anywhere else, much less from The Hill, Politico or some other place that would jump all over this. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/45 "2018-07-03T16:28:06Z")
If there were any corroboration at all by now, there might be. But alas. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/46 "2018-07-03T16:41:15Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > The bigger issue is Republican Susan Collins refusal to vote for any candidate hostile to Roe vs Wade. > [Republican Sen. Susan Collins would oppose Supreme Court pick with Roe v Wade “hostility” – The Denver Post](https://www.denverpost.com/2018/07/01/susan-collins-roe-v-wade-supreme-court/) Collins will vote for whomever Trump nominates. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/47 "2018-07-03T16:47:34Z")
She’ll have to extract some meaningless promise first, for cover, but yes, she’s Party Before Country as much as any of them. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/48 "2018-07-03T17:57:47Z")
People have been mailing wire hangers to Susan Collins. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/49 "2018-07-04T00:06:03Z")
I was still wondering why this little paper in California would (still) be the only place with this news, so I looked at some of the reporter’s other big scoops. With stories like “[Montana Rancher Shoots, Kills Rare Mexican Chupacabra, DNA Tests Confirm](http://www.smobserved.com/story/2018/06/24/science/montana-rancher-shoots-kills-rare-mexican-chupacabra-dna-tests-confirm/3501.html)” and “[Remains of an Ancient Civilization Discovered on Mars by NASA’s Planet Surveyor](http://www.smobserved.com/story/2018/05/20/news/remains-of-an-ancient-civilization-discovered-on-mars-by-nasas-planet-surveyor/3455.html)” under his belt, it’s no wonder that he was given this big news too. (Watch it be true now.) ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/50 "2018-07-04T00:56:17Z")
Aw, c’mon, HurricaneDitka, C’MON! You know you’re gonna develop a reputation for the kind of cites you offer up, don’tcha? Vet this shit, man! ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/51 "2018-07-04T03:44:00Z")
[Azcentral.com](http://Azcentral.com) has no mention of this story. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/52 "2018-07-04T04:15:52Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Collins voted to confirm both of Obama’s nominees to the SCOTUS. Pedantic point - she only voted to confirm 2 of 3. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/53 "2018-07-04T11:15:18Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > Pedantic point - she only voted to confirm 2 of 3. Being pedantic back atcha ;), she only had the _opportunity_ to vote on 2 of the 3. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/54 "2018-07-04T11:16:21Z")
Well, it’s July 4. I guess we’ll find out today whether the thread title is factual or not. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/55 "2018-07-04T12:31:11Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Well, it’s July 4. I guess we’ll find out today whether the thread title is factual or not. Do you have any idea how easy it’d be to rickroll all y’all right now? And my link would STILL be more authoritative than Hurricane’s! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/56 "2018-07-04T12:38:52Z")
This is also the day Alex Jones says the Democrats are to begin our Civil War. Given that I never got my draft notice, I’m going to express a bit of skepticism. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/57 "2018-07-04T13:42:40Z")
I’d like to run out and participate in the Civil War, but I’m afraid of missing out on any breaking McCain news. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/58 "2018-07-04T14:09:46Z")
But would you be on Team Tony or Team Steve? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/59 "2018-07-04T14:28:22Z")
I had to look that one up. If I researched properly, it looks like Iron Man and Black Widow are on the same team. That’s a Black Sabbath song and an Alice Cooper song on the same team. I’m with them! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/60 "2018-07-04T15:20:21Z")
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