McCain Seeks to Defuse Nuclear Option

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) “finds himself once again pushing his colleagues to avoid giving fodder to Democrats seeking to use the ‘nuclear option’ to change Senate rules with a simple majority,” Roll Call reports.

“The Arizona Republican’s latest endeavor is to persuade GOP senators to allow the appointment of conferees to hammer out a House- Senate budget agreement without binding instructions against raising the debt limit. But his efforts have yet to win over the GOP’s tea party wing.”