Sen. John McCain isn’t happy about the drawn-out Republican nomination process.

McCain visited the Tonight Show last night to complain that the GOP candidates were tearing each other to pieces. He said a lot of the blame lies on the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision striking down campaign-finance limits and that the justices “should be ashamed and embarrassed by what they did.”

On primary night, McCain told the Boston Herald:

“This is like watching a Greek tragedy,” McCain told the Herald. “It’s the negative campaigning and the increasingly personal attacks … it should have stopped long ago. Any utility from the debates has been exhausted, and now it’s just exchanging cheap shots and personal shots followed by super PAC attacks.”

The Arizona Republican, who endorsed Romney earlier this year and is set to rally with him in Phoenix tonight, said he believes the former Bay State governor will get the nomination, yet he worries a long, drawn out primary campaign could leave Romney too wounded to triumph in November.

“I know he’s going to be the nominee but I also worry about how much damage has been done,” McCain said. “I think we still can win. … Once we get this over, the more we’ll be focused on Obama’s failures.”

This article appears in Mar 1-7, 2012.

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14 replies on “McCain: Citizens United Was “The Worst Decision of the United States Supreme Court””

  1. All my comments from yesterday got deleted? i am going to stop coming to this shit site if thats the way it is

  2. BURNIE: You still have 340 on the site. I think it’ll be ok. We just removed the ones that violated our stated policies. Play nice, buddy.

  4. Bravisimo Tucson Weekly/Dan. Epithets+Arrogance=? Boy Scouts Honor Code of Conduct at our AARP eligibilty matters equally today:)

  5. Citizens United is pretty bad, but Dred Scott was probably worse, and McCain was around then so he should remember it.

  6. Burnie Mak,don’t go anywhere;I read all your posts….remember all we’ve got to look foward to is Danny boy”Clark Kent”Gibson…..

  7. Bob Cap: I guess I’m supposed to be insulted, but for the life of me, I have no idea what you’re saying.

  8. I doubt that the Supreme Court justices, who ruled in the majority, are ashamed about their decision in the “Citizens United” case. Several of them (notably Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia) are willing handmaidens to the corporate uber rich, such as the Koch Bros., whom they serve very willingly.

  10. Bob Cap: Gosh, that was just the validation I was looking for to keep plugging away at this writing thing. Thanks, buddy!

  11. Anytime Danny boy,anytime…..you don’t even have to drop a dime anymore,just an e-mail……

  12. Mr. Gibson, I did not call any names, I simply stated my opinion on the scent of a few individuals, inanimate objects, and the like. How is that a violation?

  13. Burnie,tell Danny boy that a violation is when you get a parking ticket….progressives can’t take it when they’re told they are wrong…….

  14. Violation is when my uncle comes home drunk with “that look” in his eyes. I simply said a few things/people STINKS!

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