Sen. John McCain played 'VIP Poker' on his iPhone as colleagues debate bombing Syria

Xeni Jardin

7:56 am Thu, Sep 5, 2013

Making the media rounds as America formalizes a decision to go to war against Syria, this photo by Melina Mara at The Washington Post:

Senator John McCain plays poker on his IPhone during a U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing where Secretary of State JohnKerry, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey testify concerning the use of force in Syria, on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, Tuesday, September 3, 2013.

A few hours after the photo went viral, McCain tweeted:

Scandal! Caught playing iPhone game at 3+ hour Senate hearing – worst of all I lost!
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) September 3, 2013

Hilarious! It’s fine, we’re only bombing them.

The app in question was VIP Poker.

Maybe the poor guy just wanted to, as the app promises, “Be a VIP!”