John McCain Fights, Loses Good Fight Against Bundler-Ambassadors
Two inexperienced Obama bundlers whom McCain had opposed for ambassadorships win confirmation.
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Senator John McCain’s campaign against President Barack Obama’s unqualified ambassador picks suffered a major blow Tuesday when the Senate confirmed political bundlers to positions in Hungary and Argentina.
The Arizona Republican appeared on the Senate floor on Tuesday to urge his colleagues not to approve Colleen Bell, who used to be a producer for soap opera “The Bold and the Beautiful,” as ambassador to Hungary. He had criticized her during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in January, where she failed to list any strategic U.S. goals in the country.