The McCain family is getting behind Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) for vice president under Kamala Harris. The late Sen. John McCain’s widow, Cindy McCain, and daughter, former The View co-host Meghan McCain, heaped praise on Kelly in a New York Times profile as speculation that he could land the coveted running mate spot on the Democratic ticket heats up. Meghan McCain said Kelly earned her favor by being “not just respectful” to her father’s legacy but “deferential.” Cindy McCain went even further, predicting that Kelly would deliver Arizona to the Democrats after it was moved into the “Lean Republican” column by the Cook Political Report earlier this month before President Joe Biden dropped out of the race. “He’s smart, he’s charismatic, he has a vision,” Cindy McCain told the Times. “You look at his record and who he is as a person, he’s a very lovely man, and of course he brings Arizona.” In 2020, Kelly won the Senate seat that McCain vacated after his death in 2018, beating out Republican Martha McSally, who had been appointed to fill it in the interim.
