claim: "the senior senator from arizona (john mccain) said he couldn't support repealing 'don't ask, don't tell' because of the economy."
author: harry reid
evidence_1: "the senior senator from arizona (john mccain) said he couldn't support  repealing 'don't ask, don't tell' because of the economy." — politifact national on  monday, december 6th, 2010. false. one amendment tells all (apparently). j.d.  hayworth · mccain opposed the border fence. — politifact national on  wednesday, ...
evidence_2: dec 1, 2017 ... sen. john mccain (r., ariz.), whose vote against a gop health-care bill over the  summer sent the measure to defeat, said thursday he would vote in favor o. ...  the estimates, obtained by the wall street journal, don't include the effect of  estate-tax changes and a few minor provisions. they also don't ...
evidence_3: dec 2, 2010 ... the senator cited the concerns of some combat forces about repealing the “don't  ask, don't tell” policy. ... washington — senator john mccain , the arizona  republican and vietnam -era war hero, took on the nation's top defense and  military officials thursday when he repeatedly challenged the ...
evidence_4: dec 6, 2010 ... i repeat, the senior senator from arizona said he couldn't support repealing 'don't  ask, don't tell' because of the economy. i have no idea what he's talking about  and no one else does either.” this is getting officially out of control, right? and  once upon a time, as you may have heard, john mccain didn't suck.
evidence_5: dec 18, 2010 ... mark udall (d-co), talks about the passage of legislation to repeal "don't ask,  don't tell" at the capitol on saturday. ... sen. john mccain, obama's republican  rival in 2008, led the opposition. the arizona republican acknowledged he didn't  have the votes to stop the bill and he blamed elite liberals with no ...