McCain on his questions: Obviously I didn’t do it very well

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has heard the criticism about his line of questioning to former FBI Director James Comey, and he gets it.

“I get the sense from Twitter that my line of questioning today went over people’s heads,” McCain said on Twitter. “Maybe going forward I shouldn’t stay up late watching the Diamondbacks night games.”

McCain left people scratching their heads as he asked Comey questions about differences in how he handled probes into Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump during the presidential campaign. 

{mosads}Comey himself seemed a bit confused as he sought to answer questions from McCain, the last senator interrogating him in a nearly four-hour hearing. In trying to answer McCain, Comey said the Clinton investigation ended in June, while the Russia election hacking investigation was ongoing.

“I was saying that in the case of the investigation of former Secretary [of State] Clinton’s involvement, he examined it, said it was over and it was done,” McCain told CNN after the hearing. “In the case of President Trump’s involvement, there’s more shoes to drop, there’s more investigations. What’s the difference? It’s over the same issue. That was the question I was trying to get at. I obviously didn’t do it very well.”

“I wanted Mr. Comey to apply the same approach to the key question surrounding his interactions with President Trump—whether or not the President’s conduct constitutes obstruction of justice,” McCain separately said in a statement. “While I missed an opportunity in today’s hearing, I still believe this question is important, and I intend to submit it in writing to Mr. Comey for the record.”