Can someone tell me what's wrong with John McCain?
He seems like a good dude. Not a complete partisan hack. Willing to occasionally step across the aisle and work with democrats. Moderate (?).
But I'm pretty ignorant and I know some people absolutely despise him. What are the major criticisms?
As an Arizonan let make a quick summary.
McCain has never done anything for the state of AZ, nothing, not a thing, NO THING. Definitely not a thing since I moved here in 2003. Dude used to brag about how he didn't do "pork barrel" projects.
McCain talks a lot, but, I can't recall the last bill of his that he worked on which was passed. Apparently he had some from 2005 through 2007 and none since.
McCain has a reputation which aligns strongly with Arizona's libertarian Republican history, but, really he voted with Bush, voted against Obama, and has so far voted with Trump which makes him a run of the right wing extremest (aka Republican). He actually has a slightly lower percentage of votes against his own party then the average Republican.