Despite What the Press Says, "Maverick" McCain Has a Long and Distinguished Record of Horribleness
John McCain is far more consistently bad than you’ve been led to believe. Here are his greatest hits.
Mehdi Hasan
Mehdi Hasan is a former Senior Columnist at The Intercept. He was the host of The Intercept podcast “Deconstructed.” Hasan was also the host of Al Jazeera English’s “UpFront.” He has interviewed, among others, Edward Snowden, Hamid Karzai, Ehud Olmert, and Gen. Michael Flynn. He is also the author of two books: a biography of former U.K. Labor Party leader Ed Miliband and an e-book on the financial crisis and austerity economics. He is based in Washington, D.C.
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