While Colleagues Debate War, John McCain Plays Poker On iPhone

This might not be the kind of attention that poker fans were hoping for their beloved game from members of Congress.

While the ruling class on Capitol Hill weighs its options on whether to oblige the military-industrial complex and commit to its next war in some country that most of the American public knows little to nothing about under the guise of U.S. morality, Sen. John McCain took a break to play poker on his iPhone. (Don’t worry, it wasn’t for real money.)

The photo, captured by a photographer Melina Mara at The Washington Post, has made its rounds on the Internet, generating much criticism. However, the elected official from Arizona was unapologetic about the whole thing.

Scandal! Caught playing iPhone game at 3+ hour Senate hearing – worst of all I lost!

— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) September 3, 2013

The photo was taken Tuesday during an U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing where Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey all testified about possibly bombing Syria.

McCain, 77, would have been President of the United States had he defeated his fellow war-loving politician Barack Obama in the 2008 election.

McCain later appeared on CNN, laughing and telling the network’s Wolf Blitzer, “As much as I like to always listen with rapt attention constantly (to) remarks of my colleagues over a three and a half period, occasionally I get a little bored and so I resorted. But the worst thing about it is I lost thousands of dollars in this game.”

Blitzer, who works for the self-proclaimed “Worldwide Leader in News,” proceeded to take it easy on McCain by making sure it wasn’t for actual money.

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