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As usual, John McCain being used by Liberals. They love praising them when it suits their need.

Political parties love an apostate from the "other side" - or even someone approaching that. For years, the GOP feted Zell Miller, who was their favorite Democrat once he started expressing support for some conservative ideas that the Democrats objected to:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/20...

Those figures aren't all that common, but political parties love finding the "reasonable" person in the opposing party that will agree with them on some issues. It makes them look inclusive, makes their positions seem more reasonable (or at least more broadly supported), and makes the other side look parochial and closed-minded for shunning the "maverick" (which often happens).

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