The Senate's newest member Scott Brown likes to talk about his daughter's prowess on the basketball court, but for the first weekend of March he skipped her game and flew cross-country to catch one with Sen. John McCain and to return a favor.

"When I was considering running and down 30 points, the only person that actually met me was Senator McCain," Brown said at a McCain rally Saturday.

McCain's early support helped Brown defeat Martha Coakley, a better known, better funded Democrat in liberal-leaning Massachusetts.

scottsdale, ariz. - sipping beer in a noisy bar outside phoenix, john "buck" hayes and his friend kermit thompson represent the rift that has made the republican primary facing sen. john mccain one of the country's most watched senate races. hayes

Senator John McCain told Good Morning America that he supports President Obama's plan to freeze much of the discretionary spending by the federal government.

Of course he does. During the 2008 election, McCain was advocating almost exactly the same thing.

The Obama administration estimates the freeze, which would be imposed on non-security discretionary spending, would save $250 billion over the next decade.

In the wake of a political setback for national health care legislation, Senator John McCain, the losing candidate in the last presidential election, advised his victorious 2008 adversary on Sunday that the way to get meaningful changes passed is to 'start from the beginning' by meeting with Republicans.

Mr. McCain, a Republican from Arizona, said on the CBS news program 'Face the Nation' that President Obama should sit down with Republican leaders and begin adopting some of their ideas for improving the nation's health care system such as overhauling medical malpractice lawsuits.

Senator John McCain, who helped rewrite the nation's campaign finance laws, said Sunday that this week's Supreme Court ruling removing limits from corporate spending on political advertising means that campaign finance reform is dead.

"I don't think there's much that can be done," he told "Face the Nation" moderator Bob Schieffer.

McCain said he was not surprised by Court's decision: "I went over to observe the oral arguments," he said. "It was clear that Justice Roberts, Alito and Scalia, by their very skeptical and even sarcastic comments, were very much opposed to it.

State Senator Scott Brown, running for the US Senate seat formerly held by the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy, was endorsed today by US Senator John McCain, the Republican from Arizona who ran and lost the race for president.

The Wrentham Republican is running against Attorney General Martha Coakley, a Democrat, and independent Joseph L. Kennedy. The special election is Jan. 19.

"Scott Brown has a long record of public service fighting wasteful spending and higher taxes," said McCain, in a statement. "As an officer on the Army National Guard, he understands the importance of a strong military and the necessity of protecting our interests around the world."

What's the big deal? That's what blogger Meghan McCain wants to know. Ever since the daughter of Republican Senator John McCain posted a provocative photo of herself on her Twitter account Wednesday, the image - in which McCain appears in a black tank top that shows off her ample bosom as she holds a book about pop-art icon Andy Warhol - has created a stir online.

The picture, which has since been deleted from her Twitpic account after getting more than 120,000 views, was uploaded Wednesday afternoon with a message that said.

A host of colleagues, former aides, and family members are expected to gather this evening for a memorial service celebrating the life and legacy of Senator Edward M. Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum overlooking Dorchester Bay.

The service at the museum is billed as "A Celebration of Life," and will include many figures from Washington.

Senator John McCain, the Arizona Republican who was close to Kennedy and worked with him in an unsuccessful effort to overhaul the nation's immigration system.

Senator John McCain of Arizona, the Republican presidential nominee last year, today praised Senator Edward M. Kennedy's willingness to work with Republicans on issues facing the country.

"Ted Kennedy had this unique way of doing hand-to-hand combat on the floor of the Senate," McCain said on CNN. "And as soon as we stopped our speechmaking, he'd come over and put his arm around you and make everybody appreciate that we had our differences, politically, but personally we could be friends and work together as colleagues and friends for the good of the country."

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator John McCain has a message for late-night comic David Letterman: Enough with the jokes about Sarah Palin and her family.

Cindy McCain, who was famous for her long blond locks, debuted a new bob at the US Naval Academy graduation ceremony on Friday.

The Arizona senator's wife appeared to have cut off approximately 6 inches of hair. As she watched her son John McCain IV graduate, she wore a ruffled pink dress with matching bolero jacket, a string of oversized pearls, and a straw hat to block the sun.

Also in attendance: Roberta, the senator's feisty 97-year-old mother (watch her give a tour of her apartment and talk stilettos here), daughter Bridget, and, of course, Senator John McCain himself.

President Obama promised members of the graduating class at the US Naval Academy Friday that they would never have to fight an unnecessary war. "I will only send you into harm's way when it is absolutely necessary, and with the strategy, the well-defined goals, the equipment and the support that you need to get the job done," said the Commander-in-Chief.

One member of the President's audience was Senator John McCain. McCain and his family were at the event to see their oldest son Jack graduate. Jack and Obama shared a moment on stage while Mrs. McCain cheered her son on after he received his diploma.

Dear Republican Leaders: The Republican Party has become the party dedicated to sabotaging the American future. Check out the sermon I just delivered about the Republican Party on CNN when being interviewed by D.L. Hughley -- and/or read on.

You Republicans are the arsonists who burned down our national home. You combined the failed ideologies of the Religious Right, so-called free market deregulation and the Neoconservative love of war to light a fire that has consumed America.