https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/21/bad-news-mccain-hurt-that-the-media-doesnt-love-him-as-much-anymore/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 05:44:14 -0400<![CDATA[Right now, like it or not, the five-term senator is stuck in “get off my lawn” territory, lashing out at his friend-turned-foe Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s nominee for defense secretary; incessantly tugging at what McCain is convinced is a coverup of the September attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya; lambasting the president; and railing against indiscriminate defense cuts. If hard-core conservatives feel burned by McCain’s resurgent reform spirit, the media that he once called his “base” have essentially written him off as an angry and sour loser who once went through a maverick phase but has, in the words of “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart, gone on a “seven-year quest to negate every good thing he’d ever done.”]]>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:25:20 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/21/bad-news-mccain-hurt-that-the-media-doesnt-love-him-as-much-anymore-n281037