"What are we afraid of?" says former GOP Presidential nominee
Arizona Senators vote to allow gun control votes to proceed
Arizona Senators vote to allow gun control votes to proceed
McCain and fellow Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake joined 14 other Republicans in voting to allow debate on the bill to go forward. They bucked GOP leaders, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who had hoped to filibuster and block the bill from coming to a vote.
Reid singled out McCain for praise because McCain came out strongly against a filibuster Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
“I don’t understand it,” McCain said on the program. “What are we afraid of?…If this issue is as important as all of us think it is…why not take it up and debate?”