By Alexander Bolton
Republican leaders in Michigan’s Macomb and Oakland counties are pressuring Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to win an up-or-down vote on a controversial judicial nominee from the Wolverine State.
They want McCain to use his influence to persuade his colleagues to clear Henry Saad, the nominee to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals who was left out of the judicial deal Senate centrists struck last month.
Conservative activists are launching a campaign this week to save Saad’s nomination, while Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee such as Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are hinting that the nominee may not have enough support to pass out of committee.
McCain, the principal GOP architect of the agreement that ensured confirmation votes for several blocked nominees, assured the GOP leaders in Michigan that he would not give up on Saad, GOP officials said in interviews.
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