Reid: McCain Should Not Block DREAM Act

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, has engaged Senator John McCain on his threat to block Defense Authorization Legislation unless the DREAM Act, Repealing of both Dont Ask Dont Tell and Secret Holds Amendments are stripped out.
Senate Majority Leader Reid's quote is below:

“Any American so courageous and patriotic that he or she wants to serve our country in the military should be able to do so.
Senator McCain and anyone else who thinks the DREAM Act is not directly related to our national security should talk to the brave young men and women who want to defend our country but are turned away.
And he should also talk to our military leaders in the Defense Department who have said that America’s military readiness depends on recruiting as many well-qualified men and women as possible.
The Defense Department’s strategic plan explicitly states that passage of the DREAM Act is critical to helping the military ‘shape and maintain a mission-ready All Volunteer Force.’ And many of our generals in the field believe that ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ harms troop morale and combat readiness.
Senator McCain should know better than anyone that patriots who step up to serve our grateful nation should be offered a path to citizenship, and that anyone who volunteers to serve should be welcomed regardless of their sexual orientation. I hope that he will do the right thing and support this bill that not only funds critical support for our troops like weapons upgrades and pay raises, but also ensures that our military reflects our nation’s values.”
http://ndn.org/blog/2010/09/reid-sen...lock-dream-act

Does McCain have the option to opt out of voting?

Yes, by not showing up like 2007

So this would benefit the DREAMers.

^I think he did show up, but left when DREAM was going to be voted on.

How would this benefit us? It's the same as him voting no, it makes no difference. We want him there for a vote, by tuesday he may change his vote and give it another yes.

We should ask Justin Beiber

He does not even know what the United States Senate is!

yea right

what I find interesting is that McCain said he doesn't support the dream act IF it is attached to the defense bill. So that means if they took it off he would vote yes (if he doesn't change his mind again). and he also supports the dream act as a stand alone.

So Why wouldn't he support both together? he is trying not to look like an a$$ by saying he supports the dream act but gives the excuse to appeal to the bias voters of the state. If he keeps jumping the fence he will eventually get impaled on it