Senator John Mccain Of Arizona

AP - Republican senators attacking the cost of a Democratic health care bill showed far different concerns six years ago, when they approved a major Medicare expansion that has added tens of billions of dollars to federal deficits.  

Time.com - Griffith, 67, was narrowly elected last year from a region of northern Alabama that includes Huntsville and Decatur. President Barack Obama lost the district badly to Republican John McCain.  

AP - Months ago, a delegation of Republican senators went to the White House with a request for President Barack Obama to take a more gradual approach to health care.