More Questions Than Answers

John McCain’s obsession with Susan Rice continues.

UN Ambassador Susan Rice met with Republican Senators John McCain, Kelly Ayotte and McCain’s mini me, Lindsay Graham yesterday in an attempt to clarify her remarks concerning the attack on the Benghazi consulate.

The meeting failed to soothe McCain’s concerns.  In fact McCain said the meeting generated more questions than answers. 

Rice appeared on the Sunday talk shows five days after the attack and stated that according to intelligence reports the attacks were a spontaneous event resulting from the release of a YouTube video depicting the prophet Mohammed as a philanderer.  Rice stressed that the investigation was ongoing  

McCain has trouble believing that a spontaneous protest involves the use of RPGs and automatic weapons.  His concerns are valid.  But his obsession with Rice is boarding on creepy.

Rice was repeating the unclassified talking points provided to her by the intelligence community; a fact verified by the CIA.  McCain has labeled Rice as “unfit” for following those talking points even though there was conflicting evidence at the time that the protest was anything but “spontaneous.”  Had she strayed from those talking points and provided what at the time was classified information; she would have been labeled as “unfit” as well.  Damned if you do…damned if you don’t.

McCain’s focus should be on what happened that night in Benghazi…not a bunch of interviews on the Sunday talk shows.  He should be harassing the CIA and the State Department…not the Ambassador to the UN.

There are those who believe that this is personal. There are those who believe that McCain's is still bitter about his 2008 loss to Obama.  They see this witch hunt as nothing more than McCain’s attempt to embarrass the president by attacking one of his closest friends.

There are those who believe that this is political.  Susan Rice is considered to be at the top of the president's list of candidates to take over Hillary Clinton's position as Secratary of State.  Mass. Democratic Senator John Kerry is also high on that list.  If McCain can discredit Rice it would pave the way for Kerry.  Kerry's senate seat would have to be filled....and the very popular  Republican, Scott Brown is waiting in the wings. 

There are also those who believe that this is about race.  The president’s appointments that are “of color” have had a particularly difficult time navigating through McCain and Graham’s due diligence.

We have no idea what McCain’s motivation really is.  But we are certain that his obsession with Rice’s interviews is misplaced.

Four Americans died that night.  McCain should be trying to find the responsible parties and implement procedures to make certain that this tragedy never happens again.

His endless attacks on the UN Ambassador bring his motivation into serious question.