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[quote=Anonymous]John McCain would be disgusted at what Lindsey Graham is doing.

Jennifer Rubin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/08/28/lindsey-graham-is-very-confused/?utm_term=.3e38d8ee6deb
[quote]When Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) died, Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) lost one of his dear friends and his political and moral compass. For months as McCain’s health declined, Graham sank further into the quicksand of conspiracy theories (e.g. making a criminal referral regarding dossier author Christopher Steele) and cringeworthy obsequiousness to President Trump. Whether it was congratulating Trump for beating him at golf or giving cover for Trump’s attacks on the FBI, Graham, many surmised, was seeking a Cabinet post. Perhaps, or perhaps he has simply been adrift without the Arizona senator.

Graham reached a new low last week, when he supported the idea of canning Attorney General Jeff Sessions: “The president’s entitled to an attorney general he has faith in … I think there will come a time sooner rather than later where it will be time to have a new face and a fresh voice at the Department of Justice.” That was a far cry from his declaration in July 2017 that there would be “holy hell to pay” if Trump fired Sessions to get a stranglehold on the Russia investigation.

On Tuesday, Graham sounded defensive. “You have to replace him with somebody who is highly qualified and will commit to the Senate to allow [special counsel Robert S. Mueller III] to do his job,” Graham said. “Nobody is going to take Jeff’s place that doesn’t commit to the Senate and the country as a whole that Mueller will be allowed to finish his job without political interference.” But what if the person later changes his mind? What if he aims to restrict Mueller so that he cannot do his job? Surely Graham must understand that anyone Trump would pick for the AG spot couldn’t be trusted to support the Russia investigation.

Even worse, Graham spouted the Trump team’s talking point that only collusion matters. “At the end of the day, if there is collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians, that will be it for me,” Graham said. “Anything else will be just noise.” Obstruction of justice, witness tampering, defrauding the voters and/or any financial crimes will simply be noise for Graham, I fear.

For a former Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps officer in the U.S. Air Force, this is a sorry display of constitutional ignorance. “High crimes & Misdemeanors,” as we learned in Watergate, includes things such as obstruction of justice. Indeed, in 1999, Graham lectured his fellow lawmakers in the Clinton impeachment matter. “You don’t even have to be convicted of a crime to lose your job (as president) in this constitutional republic if this body determines your conduct as a public official is clearly out of bounds in your role because impeachment is not about punishment,” he said. “Impeachment is about cleansing the office. Impeachment is about restoring honor and integrity to the office.”
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