WASHINGTON ¨C John McCain was excited. It was late January, and the following day, he and a group of bipartisan senators were set to announce their framework for comprehensive immigration reform. He picked up the phone and called an old friend in Arizona.
¡°We got it yep, yep,¡± McCain said, according to Grant Woods, who detected a long-lost measure of energy in the Republican¡¯s voice.
The next morning McCain called Woods again: ¡°We¡¯re going over there,¡± the senior senator from Arizona said, referring to the Capitol Hill unveiling. ¡°It¡¯s going to be good.¡±
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