Does It Matter if John McCain Plays on His Phone During Senate Hearings?

Yesterday, a fairly large deal was made of Senator John McCain playing what appeared to be poker on his iPhone during a Senate committee hearing on military action in Syria.War, war, war, blah blah blah, I'll raise you five bucks, boots on the ground, war, missile strikes...
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Yesterday, a fairly large deal was made of Senator John McCain playing what appeared to be poker on his iPhone during a Senate committee hearing on military action in Syria.

War, war, war, blah blah blah, I’ll raise you five bucks, boots on the ground, war, missile strikes.

See also:
McCain Not Giving a Damn About Being Caught Playing on Phone

McCain didn’t really care that he got busted, either, as he tweeted, “Scandal! Caught playing iPhone game at 3+ hour Senate hearing – worst of all I lost!”

Hm. We were always taught to pay attention when someone’s talking about killing people (read the Washington Post’s account of the hearing here).

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What do you think? Does it matter if McCain plays on his phone during hearings? It’s hard to imagine it’s the first time.

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