Chilly reception for McCain idea of special Benghazi panel

[struggle4progress]

By Tom Curry, NBC News national affairs writer

... The bipartisan opposition to McCain's idea was rooted in the prerogatives of Senate committees that are already conducting their own investigations of the attacks. Senators serving on those committees defended their ability to conduct a thorough inquiry and seemed to see McCain’s efforts as potentially encroaching on their turf.

Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R- Ga., senior Republican on the Intelligence Committee, said Wednesday, "I told him (McCain) today that I'd just seen his resolution and I'm not sure whether it's not just a duplication of what we're doing" ...

Another Republican on the Intelligence Committee, Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina said, "Listen, I think it's way too early to be calling for a special committee. I think you've got to allow the structure we have of oversight to function. And I think that the Intelligence Committee is more than capable of handling this."

Another opponent to McCain was the top-ranking Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who said of McCain’s proposal, "I really don't view it as being necessary. The Intelligence and the Homeland Security Committees are already investigating” ...

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[SubgeniusHasSlack]

1. mcshame yelling at an empty chair.

The perfect representation of the republickcon party.

[Dubster]

2. Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team)

[Graybeard]

3. About time he was smacked down.

McLumpy has been strutting around the Senate like the cock of the walk for too long. His Presidential run was an embarrassment in more ways than one. The laughable choice of Palin, an inept campaign and his lack of understanding of the issues.

It's about time his own party is telling this old fool to just
sit down and shut up.

[louis-t]

4. That's it, let's waste more taxpayer money.

Repugs are really good at that.

[2on2u]

5. Funny, I don't see him calling for an investigation of the 15 or so Afghan boys blown off the

side of a mountain or the recent 8 Afghan women who were suicided by drone. Seems he has an axe to grind these days... maybe he should investigate himself for trying to put an air head one inch away from the presidency.

[freshwest]

10. No surprise there:

That's from 2008, but this is the guy who claims Rice isn't qualified for a leadership post...

But who picked Caribou Barbie to be just a heartbeat away from the Presidency.

Good thing he didn't get elected, she might have done a Cheney on him while hunting moose...

[Dawson Leery]

6. Where was this unfit SOB calling for investigations for the attacks which

occurred on Bush's watch? Johnny boy, remember the August 6th PDB?

[1StrongBlackMan]

7. Actually ...

I think these Senators are doing McCain a favor ... They're sparing him a great deal of embarassment when any investigation will reveal that Dr. Rice was reporting what she was told by the CIA.

[Jennicut]

8. In other words, McLame is always late to the party.

There really is no need to do another investigation on top of the other investigations and the other Repub Senators thought it was silly too.

[Cha]

9. McCain is a grotesque caricature of himself..

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http://theobamadiary.com/

[justiceischeap]

11. GOP to McCain: "Get off our lawn!" nt

[Lex]

12. McCain's an embarassment

even to his own party now, it seems.