Bob Schieffer To McCain And Graham: Is The GOP ‘Being Held Hostage’ By Extremists?

Sunday show regulars Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham were asked by asked Face The Nation host Bob Schieffer if they think their party is being held hostage by the extreme wing of the Republican Party.

“Do you all feel your party is somehow being held hostage? The president has talked about a common sense caucus, and we hear reports this morning that he started calling around, calling some Republicans to see what can be done. Are people on the extreme ends of your party holding the rest of you hostage here?”, Schieffer asked.

McCain jumped right in ahead of Graham.

“Frankly, it’s extreme ends of the party. I think a lot of it is just people who don’t understand. We put up a proposal and most republicans voted for a “flexibility” for the president of the United States,” said McCain.

“I spent hundreds of hours with Carl Levin shaping a defense authorization bill. So now we’re supposed to give all of that over to the president of the United States? That’s a violation of my constitutional responsibilities. So I say in respect that it isn’t so much the extremes as much as it is a lack of appreciation of the world we live in, and this has been manifested at other times and other ways as well,” said McCain.

Watch below clip via CBS

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