Senator John McCain defeated J.D. Hayworth rather decisively in Tuesday’s primaries in Arizona. Two days later, McCain is still waiting on the customary concession call. Hayworth is reported as saying he has no intentions of calling McCain and congratulating him on his victory.
According to Politico, J.D. Hayworth even contacted McCain’s camp to get the right number to make the call when the time came. He even tried the number out to make sure it was the right one. So what gives? We all know that the GOP Senatorial Primary in Arizona was especially nasty, but was it nasty enough to give up common courtesy as well?
We’ve spoken here many times about McCain’s positives and negatives. Most conservatives agree McCain is a rino that more often than not has ended up on the wrong side of issues we care about. But to not extend the courtesy of a concession call seems a bit much. J.D. Hayworth had a lot of support in this race and really isn’t doing himself any favors by not showing a little good sportsmanship here.
It would be tempting to blow off McCain considering the damage he’s caused at times. But honestly, J.D. Hayworth’s concession call would have been the right thing, the proper thing to do after losing a hard fought battle. I think Hayworth’s a better man than that. I just wish he had shown it.
August 26th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Maybe J.D. Hayworth is waiting until after the midterm elections so he can make his concession call to the real John McCain.
The one who ran in the primaries was an imposter and unrecognizable.
August 27th, 2010 at 3:37 am
True enough, monkey.
August 27th, 2010 at 10:02 am
I can see mccain picking up the phone every couple of minutes to make sure that he has a dial tone. My father in law does that when he’s expecting a call that doesn’t come.
Obviously, I agree that comity is an important thing in politics that has too often been ignored. But, for mccain to fight a vicious negative campaign, and then whine that hayworth is a poor sport seems pretty small. Besides, mccain is sort of famous for being such a poor sport after both 2000 and 2008.
But Hayworth should issue a statement at least, just for the sake of his career in the media.
August 27th, 2010 at 10:25 am
I agree Arriba. He should say: good, tough campaign John, where were you two years ago?
August 29th, 2010 at 6:42 am
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