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McCain Caught Playing Poker During Syria Hearing: ‘Worst Of All I Lost!’

by Igor Bobic

09.03.13 | 2:42 pm

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is surrounded by reporters as he and other lawmakers walk to a closed-door meeting in the Old Senate Chamber for a showdown between Republican and Democratic leaders over presidential nomin... Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is surrounded by reporters as he and other lawmakers walk to a closed-door meeting in the Old Senate Chamber for a showdown between Republican and Democratic leaders over presidential nominees that have been blocked by a GOP filibuster, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2013. MORE LESS

After a Washington Post photographer caught Sen. John McCain playing poker on his iPhone during a three-hour hearing on whether to approve military strikes in Syria, the Arizona Republican shrugged it off on Twitter:

Scandal! Caught playing iPhone game at 3+ hour Senate hearing – worst of all I lost!

— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) September 3, 2013

See the photo here.

McCain told CNN moments after the hearing that he “lost thousands of dollars” in the game, but that he was not playing with real money.

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Igor Bobic Igor Bobic is the assistant editor of Talking Points Memo, helping oversee the site's coverage of politics and policy in Washington. While originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Igor feels best at home on the beaches of Southern California. He can be reached at igor@talkingpointsmemo.com.

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