Doug Bandow
For someone who has served in war, Sen. John McCain is easily shocked. He has joined the wailing and gnashing of teeth filling Washington over Russia’s alleged hacking of the Democrats. He and his war-happy colleague Sen. Lindsey Graham are pressing for an investigation by a newly constituted select congressional committee.
McCain naturally blamed President Barack Obama, who, it seems, is responsible for just about every problem on Earth for the latter’s lack of “leadership,” which McCain never defines. In this case, worries McCain, if the Russians are “able to harm the electoral process, they may destroy democracy.” Indeed, he …read more
Source: Cato Institute