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

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
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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:

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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