Where was John McCain yesterday when Obama signed the anti torture order?

Wouldn't you think the man who sponsored the anti-torture bill would want to be there when the President signed a Presidential order to abide by the anti-torture bill? Why wasn't John McCain there? Or was it a the day before yesterday? Anyway, McCain wasn't there and I was surprised to see that. Weren't you? Wouldn't McCain's presence, at this signing, have diffused some of the partisan attacks on Obama due to the closing of Gitmo? No Mega mom, you're not confused at all. You know, as I do, how politics work. I can tell by the tone of your answer. And it does matter. It obviously matters.

Public Comments

1. Don't know, doesn't matter McCain had promised to make such an executive order as well. Obama was surrounded by military officers primarily. Don't read too much into photo ops.
2. Who knows? I do know that they've been collaborating closely, which is unusual in these circumstances.
3. you would have to ask him I have not heard a reason
4. Well my guess would be that he was busy. He sponsored the bill, and did what he could to get it into law. What else was he suppose to do; dip the pin in the ink for the president? I am sure if the man was able enough to win the elect he is able enough to sign a bill. Why does it really matter? isn't the important thing that John McCain sponsored an important piece of legislation, and the President agreed with it an signed the bill? I thought what mattered is what gets done, not who is there for publicity or photo ops. Maybe i am confused about the point of our government and legislation.
5. john mccain is a bag of douche
6. Now that you mention it, if I was Obama I would have invited him. But maybe he did and McCain thought it was too risky. I remember a Republican debate during the primaries, I don't remember just when or where. Romney and Giuliani were trying to outdo each other on torture. They would both torture MORE people, put MORE people in prison without charges or due process, both grinning at the idea of outdoing Bush. When it was McCain's turn to speak he said waterboarding was invented by the Spanish Inquisition, and haven't we made any progress since then? I remember at the time it made him look sort of like a party-pooper. But later McCain came to endorse torture. Being against torture and illegal detention was untenable in the Republican Party. So maybe Obama just didn't want to embarrass him.