“Only an asshole would put together a budget like this. I wouldn't call you an asshole unless you really were an asshole.”

— John McCain

Supposedly said to Senator Pete Domenici at a GOP meeting in the fall of 1999. http://www.newsweek.com/id/82862 <br class="br">Disputed

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politician from the United States 1936–2018

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