"The Russian connection here may have been Vodka."

That's a good one, Don but I disagree with most of what you wrote. Do you have any evidence that the Senator has substance abuse problems? And besides that hearing wasn't all that long by Senate standards and he only had 5 minutes worth of work to do (he rambled on past his time limit ignoring the gavel and finally Burr had to cut in and stop him). He just sounded like a confused old man to me. As they say in the sports world Father Time is undefeated.

McCain, as a moderate, was one of the few Republican senators I had much respect for back in the days when he used to work across the aisle but in an effort to keep his seat he compromised his principles and made a hard swing right during the Great Tea Party sickness.