“All of the sudden someone tapped on my back and it was the vice president,” Ms. Collins said. Doug Ducey of Arizona, whom Mr. McCain had looked to for guidance, and nudged the governor to make clear to Mr. McCain that he was in favor of keeping the process going. And two years ago this month — in Iowa, inevitably — Mr. Trump had disparaged him for being captured in combat. For Mr. McCain in particular, he said, “He’s not one where you’d expect a phone call to make the difference.”Shuffling across the chamber, Mr. McCain convened with Democrats, informing them of his choice. “We talked about how if anyone knew about doing the right thing it was John McCain,” Ms. Collins recalled.

Source: New York Times July 29, 2017 01:25 UTC