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The economy

Kilre

on Dec. 19, 2010

"First, Sen. McCain said he would seriously consider repealing it if the military leadership thought we should, and [when] the military leadership said it should be repealed, he pulled away the football," said Reid, according to Politico. "Then Sen. McCain said he would need to see a study from the Pentagon. When the Pentagon produced the study saying repeal would have no negative effect at all, he pulled away the football again."

The ranking Democrat continued, "And his latest trick, he said yesterday that he opposed repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' … because of the economy. … I repeat, the senior senator from Arizona said he couldn't support repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' because of the economy."