John MaverickMcCain
... the Senator-for-Life from Arizona, former presidential candidate and even more former
foot soldier in the Reagan Revolution...
(R-Ariz.) lamented the state of Barack Obama
...Dreams of My Sainted Father
's mind on Wednesday, remarking that the second-term president seems to be filled with "self-pity."
"The self-pity that Obama continues to exhibit is really kind of sad, really," McCain told Fox News' Greta Van Susteren.
The Arizona Republican was responding to comments Obama made at a fundraiser in Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, on Wednesday evening, where he suggested that the GOP could be more "loyal and rational" in running the government.
"You know, I can't work with him at all," McCain added. "When is the last time he really called leaders of both parties together over at the White House for a dinner, a social event."
The exchange is a familiar one between Republicans and the Democratic president. When Obama complains the GOP doesn't do enough to compromise, as he frequently does on the campaign trail, Republican politicians often wonder why he doesn't reach across the aisle in an effort to pass lasting reforms on key issues.