Opinion: Martha McSally shows she’s a maverick’s maverick
By Kathleen Parker Kathleen Parker Columnist covering politics and culture Email Bio Follow Columnist March 8 Last December, I asked a question related to Martha McSally as she was about to fill the Senate seat left vacant by the late John McCain: “What more could you want in a senator?”
If you caught McSally at the televised hearing, or in subsequent news clips, you may have seen what I did — a woman of strength, self-control, resolve and determination, despite visible emotion and apparent deep pain. She’s a maverick’s maverick, I thought, and one tough cookie.
Though we’ve come a long way since the time when McSally was attacked, there’s still much to be done, both in civilian and military life. McSally said she decided to tell her story to the world in hopes of advancing necessary changes.
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