F-22 Still Alive, For Now

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Senator McCain, whose acted as a key administration ally in President Obama’s war against the F-22, doesn’t seem terribly confident that his amendment, introduced last week but pulled once already for a lack of support, will pass if it’s put to a vote today (though Politico reports that the tide may be turning in the White House’s favor). The amendment would strip from the Senate’s defense authorization bill any funding for continued F-22 production. McCain engaged in a twitter back and forth with Jake Tapper this morning (via the Hill‘s Twitter Room):

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