Mac Is Back, Pushing Reforms

Sen. John McCain, forgotten but not gone after his failed bid for the presidency, was back in form this week as he pushed bipartisan reform of earmarks and lobbying, Congressional Quarterly reports. Though the Arizona Republican’s eyes were watery and he had some trouble reading at the press conference, “He’s engaged and ready to go,” a GOP colleague affirmed.

But Mac’s latest chapter isn’t all about healing partisan wounds: He also unveiled a new conservative political action committee this week and privately stressed that Republicans had to reach out to young and Hispanic voters, the Hill adds. “He talked about his own race and the devastating loss of Hispanic voters and how that arose on the rhetoric on immigration,” a source said. (More John McCain stories.)