Sen. McCain caught playing poker on iPhone during hearing on Syria

[The Straight Story]

(CNN) – Sen. John McCain, perhaps the Senate's most outspoken voice in favor of military action in Syria, was caught playing poker Tuesday at the first congressional hearing about giving the president authority to use force in the war-torn country.

Scandal! Caught playing iPhone game at 3+ hour Senate hearing – worst of all I lost!—
John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) September 03, 2013


The Senate Foreign Relations Committee grilled the panel of top Obama officials, including Secretary of State John Kerry, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey.

While McCain spoke up when it came his turn, a Washington Post photographer snapped a photo of the Arizona Republican trying his luck in the meantime.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/09/03/mccains-poker-scandal/

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Covering local boards and city councils

this surprises me exactly not at all.

My all time fav was a member of a city council (La Mesa) lecturing the witness about an issue while pointing to her computer as if reading a document. She was pointing to a screen saver of a La Mesa Fire Truck, not a document.

Another one of our council members, since moved on from San Diego City, used to read the paper.

So this is all but surprising. What is surprising is that CNN decided to point this out.