My good friend who is a Dem-leaning Independent told me the other day that she’s getting back a lot of money in taxes this year, more than twice as much as last year. She said “Girl, any issues I might’ve had with Biden are over. I didn’t know they were doing all this!”
Yep. She completely misunderstands how and why it worked for him. McCain rarely ever voted against his party (except when they tried to kill Obamacare which was quite likely personal for several reasons). What mostly gave him the maverick label is because he coauthored legislation with Democrats. That didn’t undermine his party at all. Doing so actually helped his party.