re: Rumor is John McCain to step down July 4th, AZ governor to

That is total bullshite if so. It needs to get ugly in Arizona if so

But, but, It's her turn!

A list of the women in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives who have succeeded their spouses in Congress.

Maryon Pittman Allen
Elizabeth Andrews
Jean Spencer Ashbrook
Irene Baker
Lindy Boggs
Veronica Boland
Frances Bolton
Mary Bono
Vera Buchanan
Jocelyn Burdick
Sala Burton
Vera Bushfield
Beverly Byron
Katharine Byron
Lois Capps
Hattie Caraway
Jean Carnahan
Marguerite Church
Marian Clarke
Cardiss Collins
Jo Ann Emerson
Willa McCord Blake Eslick
Elizabeth Farrington
Willa Fulmer
Elizabeth Hawley Gasque
Kathryn Granahan
Florence Reville Gibbs
Muriel Humphrey
Florence Prag Kahn
Elizabeth Kee
Catherine Small Long
Rose McConnell Long
Doris Matsui
Clara McMillan
Maurine Neuberger
Mae Nolan
Catherine Dorris Norrell
Pearl Peden Oldfield
Shirley Neil Pettis
Louise Goff Reece
Corinne Boyd Riley
Edith Nourse Rogers
Edna Simpson
Margaret Chase Smith
Leonor Sullivan
Lera Millard Thomas
Effiegene Locke Wingo

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Also how ridiculous is this for her to take on the responsibilities of a senator when she should be taking care of her dying husband in his final days

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She has a beer empire to run.

He did hold on long enough for his replacement to get to serve out his entire term, rather than be up for election in three years.

The gift that keeps on giving.

The governor will make the selection on one criterion only - his own political survival. Any promise made to a man that will be dead before New Years isn’t going to bind him if he thinks Cindy is a millstone around his neck.

Can't Congress grow balls and refuse to seat her?